[WBEL-users] Error 500

[Jan-Albert van Ree]

On Monday 11 July 2005 22:11, Thomas E Dukes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This may be a little off topic.
>
> How do you display files in a directory without getting 'Error 500'.  An
> example would be the files located on the various mirrors for WBEL.  I
> don't think it's a permission problem as setting the directory and files
> to 777 doesn't help.

I'm assuming you mean for a webserver?
You'll need to edit the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf , assuming you're using 
Apache (if not I can't help you and the rest is irrelevant)

For each main directory that holds webserver files you'll find a section 
beginning with

<Directory /var/www/html>

and ending with

</Directory>

In between are the options for that directory and ALL it's subdirectories, 
unless those are defined again elsewhere in the configuration or in 
a .htaccess file.

You'll need to add the "Indexes" Option to the directory section.
However this is a bad thing security-wise, PLEASE read the Apache 
documentation and try to set up a small separate section, or use 
a .htaccess file to set the needed options.
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