Loading ...Lighttpd Control a Directory Listing With mod_dirlisting
Lighttpd web server will generate a directory listing if a directory is requested and no index-file was found in that directory. mod_dirlisting is one of the modules that is loaded by default and doesn't have to be specified on server.modules to work.
Task: Enable Directory Listings Globally
Open lighttpd configuration file:
# vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Append / modify
server.dir-listing = "enable"
OR
dir-listing.activate = "enable"
Save and close the file. Restart lighttpd:
# /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
To disable directory listing, use:
dir-listing.activate = "disable"
Enable directory listing only for a directory
You can also enable or disable listing on selected url / directory combination. For example, display directory listing only for /files/:
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/files($|/)" { server.dir-listing = "enable" }
OR
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/files($|/)" { dir-listing.activate = "enable" }
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Hello.
Another way to avoid the directory listing is creating an index.html with no content in the directory that you don’t want to be listed. Nothing will happen when that url is opened and it is a quite fast method I think.
Maybe this way can be easily “hacked”… I don’t really know.
Bye!!