[WBEL-users] Error 500

[Thomas E Dukes]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org 
> [mailto:whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org] On Behalf Of 
> Jan-Albert van Ree
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:36 PM
> To: whitebox-users at beau.org
> Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] Error 500
> 
> 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.

Hello,

I wasn't sure what this feature was called.  I did find it under
mod_autoindex.  Got it working now!

Thanks!!

PS  I will password protect the directory with mod_auth_mysql.  Also, I know
that if an index file is not present in a directory, the files will bw
displayed.
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