Subfolder directory browsing in Apache2

Question

Got a folder at http://myserver/folder/, I have disabled directory browsing for that folder.

But I want to enable directory browsing for the subfolders of http://myserver/folder/

How can I do this??

Thanks.

that was lame. :) read the question, "subfolders", meaning the folders inside myserver/folder/subfoldersarehere — DobotJr
– DobotJr, Commented Jul 13, 2011 at 22:22
Can you accept one of the answers so we can see what is working? For me @regilero solution is fine. — Wojciech Bednarski
– Wojciech Bednarski, Commented Jan 21, 2013 at 17:07

regilero · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-14 08:48:00Z

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here's a working simple solution:

<Directory /path/to/docroot/folder> Options -Indexes </Directory> <DirectoryMatch /path/to/docroot/folder/(.)*/> Options +Indexes </DirectoryMatch>

answered Jul 14, 2011 at 8:48

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SDsolar Over a year ago

I think you are missing some information in this answer. All I see is the code.

WebDude0482 Over a year ago

I believe this is not for htaccess, but if you have the rare privilege of having an open root access to the server which of course can be very dangerous.

Nicolás Wolovick · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-21 12:08:08Z

If you do not control apache, you can do this in a per-directory basis in your own files adding .htaccess file in the corresponding directory containing

Options +Indexes

William Entriken · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-06 04:15:15Z

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Here is an option that you can use from .htaccess:

Options +Indexes RewriteRule ^$ - [F]

answered Jun 6, 2016 at 4:15

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Márton Tamás Over a year ago

I guess, my shared web host does not support <Directory> and <DirectoryMatch> in htaccess (used in the accepted solution). This helped me, thanks!

WebDude0482 Over a year ago

Crashed on my server too

user825607 · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-13 22:19:55Z

You can just change the permissions of the respective folders. However, if you don't want to allow directory browsing at the /folder/ level, they'll need some link or way to get inward to the folders where you do allow browsing.

Sean Kimball · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-13 22:57:50Z

You can do this with an .htaccess file in each subfolder or at the top of each subfolder hierarchy. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#allowoverride ~ assuming apache

user0710192002 · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-17 18:54:43Z

Your mileage might vary ...

.htaccess how no effect

neither did

Options +Indexes

but renaming index.html to _index.html display the files and folders in the browser

rogerdpack · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-29 21:13:38Z

Another way is, if you have a directory you don't want browseable, create an empty index.html file in it, hopefully apache will pick that up and serve it instead :)

SDsolar · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-13 00:34:55Z

For any directory where you want to have the ability to list the directory, simply navigate there then execute this command:

echo "Options +Indexes" >.htaccess

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