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amart
amart

Reputation: 11

Options +Indexes of .htaccess not working

I have a website running on a server. It's just an index.html with a hello world text. Also, I have a folder named /vpn which contains various txt files and an index.html file.

If I try to access the URL domain/vpn, it shows me the content of index.html.

I just need to show the files inside the folder vpn when the user tries to access domain/vpn.

I created an .htaccess file with the next content in the root:

RewriteEngine on
<If "%{REQUEST_URI} == '/vpn/'">
   DirectoryIndex disabled
   Options +Indexes
</If>

When I try to access to vpn, it shows me a 404 error, the requested URL was not found on this server.

.htaccess is applying the DirectoryIndex rule (If a delete it, it shows me index.html content again), but not the Options +Indexes one.

I tried the same example in localhost (with XAMPP) and it's working fine.

What can be the problem?

PD: This is the content of apache2.conf file:

apache2.conf

Upvotes: 1

Views: 333

Answers (1)

MrWhite
MrWhite

Reputation: 46012

When I try to acces to vpn, it shows me a 404 error, the requested URL was not found on this server.

If you are getting a "404 Not Found" then it would imply that mod_autoindex is not actually installed on your server (consequently Options +Indexes has no effect - although it would seem from your server config that Indexes is perhaps already enabled).

mod_autoindex is the module responsible for generating the directory listings.

I created an .htaccess file with the next content in the root:

Personally, I would create an additional .htaccess file in the /vpn directory instead:

DirectoryIndex disabled
Options +Indexes

And disable Indexes (and set DirectoryIndex) in the root .htaccess file.

NB: RewriteEngine has no place here, unless you are overriding a parent config.

If I try to access the url "domain/vpn"

Note that you should be requesting domain/vpn/ (with a trailing slash). If you omit the trailing slash then mod_dir issues a 301 redirect to append it.

Upvotes: 1

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