The site I'm currently working on > http://althea.cs.umass.edu/ckc/01ckcindex.html < needs a "forbidden" page at http://althea.cs.umass.edu/ckc/ - as it stands, there is a file list (ugly )

This is something I haven't done before. Could someone tell me how (preferably a custom one but the usual will do) or point me to a tutoral?

Thanks.

.htaccess

Options -Indexes

Originally Posted by Decaf

.htaccess

Options -Indexes

Sorry to be dim - it's been a long week. Where is it that I put .htaccess ?

The string now ends /ckc/ so - should it be ckc.htaccess -- ckc/.htacess or other? And, if other, what?

Thanks.

just make save the content of the code block in a file callled ".htaccess" with the "all types" of file type selected.

Or you could just create an index.html page that says "FORBIDDEN" and insert it into that directory.

Originally Posted by Moxxnixx

Or you could just create an index.html page that says "FORBIDDEN" and insert it into that directory.

I'm not messing around with you, the above is a perfect, absolutely perfect, example of how a brilliant programmer/developer's mind must work.

I think that this suggestion is obviously the best solution, and what's so wonderful about it is that it doesn't even use genuine security. It's beautiful. I'm giving it points. I wish I had 1000s more so I'd boost it more than 6 rep points. This is the cleverest thing I've so far found on this site in all my readings. I'd not have thought of it myself.

really interesting topic If you want to create custom forbidden error you should not give permission to access ckc/ file on this server and create htaccess file under home/httpd/http://althea.cs.umass.edu/ckc/

Originally Posted by witnesstheday

I'm not messing around with you, the above is a perfect, absolutely perfect, example of how a brilliant programmer/developer's mind must work.

I think that this suggestion is obviously the best solution, and what's so wonderful about it is that it doesn't even use genuine security. It's beautiful. I'm giving it points. I wish I had 1000s more so I'd boost it more than 6 rep points. This is the cleverest thing I've so far found on this site in all my readings. I'd not have thought of it myself.

Well, as William of Occam once proposed, "all things being equal, the simplest solution is usually the best."

Originally Posted by cooltixy

really interesting topic If you want to create custom forbidden error you should not give permission to access ckc/ file on this server and create htaccess file under home/httpd/http://althea.cs.umass.edu/ckc/

/ {
            Robots.txt { 
                        User-Agent: *
                        Disallow: /ckc/
            }
}

/ckc/ {
            .htaccess {
                        Options -Indexes
            }
            index.html/.php {
                        <h3>FORBIDDEN</h3>
            }
}