Apache won't default to index.html
 

I modified my httpd.conf file a while ago in order to install phpBB2, and I have recently found that Apache was sending the directory listing for all folders, even those that have index.html in them.


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As far as I can tell that's the only part of the httpd.conf that makes any difference. The .conf file was originally made with Redhat Apache Config but I have modified it by hand since then.

When I get the root directory of the server it pretends that the index.html file isn't there. I know I have it capitalized right, but it doesn't work and instead gives me the RedHat "no index found" page. If I do that in other directores with an index.html file in them I get the directory listing.

It seems that you only declare a DirectoryIndex for the virtual parts, not a global one.

# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
# The index.html.var file (a type-map) is used to deliver content-
# negotiated documents. The MultiViews Option can be used for the
# same purpose, but it is much slower.
#
DirectoryIndex

Should be something like:

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml

Hope this helps.

okay. How long does it usually take for the httpd.conf file to be applied.

You must restart Apache for the changes to take affect.

Either:

killall -HUP httpd


Or if you have a httpd startup script:

/path/to/script/script restart

There is also a directive somewhere, in UserDir I think
which enables you to turn off the ability to get a directory
listing.

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

Thanks. It worked!

I don't know why redhat-httpd-conf didn't make the file right, maybe I didn't know what I was doing while using the tool, but anyway it works now. It's helpful to know that Apache must be restarted for changes to take effect. I had had some major problems with that earlier where I had no idea why it wasn't working. I guess I'm used to Samba, which re-applys the settings every few minutes.