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Jake Petroules
Asked: 2012-01-01 02:34:04 +0800 CST

Force Apache directory listing even if DirectoryIndex files are present

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How can I configure Apache to list files in a directory even if an index file is present?

For example, if I have a directory /var/foo that contains a number of files, and one of those is a directory index (index.html, index.php, etc.), how can I make Apache show the directory listing instead of displaying the contents of index.html, when a user browses to http://example.com/foo/?

# Directory listing for /var/foo/, mapped to http://example.com/foo/
..
.
code.c
readme.pdf
index.html

I have used the following but I would imagine there's a better way:

Options +Indexes +MultiViews
DirectoryIndex will-never-exist.xyz
apache-2.2 directory-listing

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You may leave DirectoryIndex option empty or just turn off dir_module module.

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  2. The DirectoryIndex directive can be limited in scope with a Directory block

    <Directory /path/to/directory/to/list>
    Options +Indexes +MultiViews
    DirectoryIndex will-never-exist.xyz
</Directory>

    This limits the scope to the particular directory rather than your vhost or server etc.

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