Hosting problem, server is setup to prevent directory listing |
Hosting problem, server is setup to prevent directory listing |
aod1174 |
Mar 10 2007, 04:38 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-March 07 Member No.: 2,151 |
ok heres my situation. I recently got web hosting from a popular company (not sure I can mention the name). I got the hosting for a game I play. It's a first person shooter that requires several different files. The game allows clients to be able to download the files from an outside (http) source. Now in the past I have set this up with no problems, but this time theres a problem. It seems that the company I used blocks directory listing of files, which is needed for what I want. I called my company asking if they could fix this, all they said was "You need to create a .htaccess file for this to work". That was as much help as they could be. So seeing as I know NOTHINg of .htaccess files I browsed the net.
From what I make of it, I just open up notepad add a line of text Options +Indexes Click SAVE AS and title it .htaccess then upload it and edit the file name, cause windows does not allow blank names, so it becomes .htaccess.txt... Now I did this with no luck, so I'm guessing I am doing something wrong.. heres my questions: Is that the correct way to make a .htaccess file? Where should the .htaccess file be placed? The files I need are in a folder, so the directory path would look something like this http://www.anysite.com/Foldername/ And then there should be a list of files and other folders (The file/folder structure has to remain in tact) Is there an easier way to do what I'm looking to do? If I haven't made myself clear and you have any questions, please feel free to ask.. Thanks in advance for any help you can be |
Peter1968 |
Mar 10 2007, 06:57 AM
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Serious Coder Group: Members Posts: 448 Joined: 23-September 06 Member No.: 213 |
What is the server software your host uses? Basically, if your host has AllowOverrides enables in the httpd.conf then you should be able to set per directory/site configs with .htaccess
Apache's lowdown on Options anyway. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#options |
aod1174 |
Mar 11 2007, 06:01 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 9-March 07 Member No.: 2,151 |
What is the server software your host uses? Basically, if your host has AllowOverrides enables in the httpd.conf then you should be able to set per directory/site configs with .htaccess Apache's lowdown on Options anyway. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#options Not really sure where to look for this.. All I can say is that the hosting company I am using is godaddy and I have ASP.Net Runtime Version 1.1 I'm new to all this, altho I have a grasp on the concept, as far as making this work, well thats the problem. If someone can give me a step by step on exactly how to do this, I would be very thankful. |
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