Disable directory listing in Apache with Debian

by Vide on August 25, 2010

If you find one of your servers with the ugly directory listing enabled, there’s a quick way to disable it in Debian

# echo autoindex | a2dismod # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

For other Apache installations in other distro, you can simple find the Autoindex option in your config file and delete it manually, then restart Apache

EDIT: a cleaner and more elegant way to achieve the same is, as the comments section says
# a2dismod autoindex

thanks :)

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3 Comments

eternal1 d1 permalink

a2dismod autoindex
this also work

Also -Indexes in the Directory or Location Directives in the vHost config o General config

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Rob permalink

a2dismod autoindex
apache2ctl graceful

Shorter and cleaner imho :>

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Vide permalink

Ok, a2dismod autoindex is better than the echo/pipe solution, you’re right :). But I do not agree on the apache2ctl, I always prefer the init.d script to reload conf/restart services, even if it’s a little more verbose

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