Apache不显示目录索引

Question

How can I hide the contents of a directory without an index file from being displayed to the user i.e show "Index of:" ? For example, I have a folder called /documents with alot of subdirectories now inside of the subdirectories there will be files stored for example test.pdf. The full URL will look as follows www.example.com/documents/874256987/test.pdf. Currently if the user types www.example.com/documents into the url, all of the subdirectories are displayed, this is what I want to avoid. Only if the user knows the full url for example www.example.com/documents/874258726/test.pdf, the user is able to open the document in the browser. I have tried "IndexIgnore" inside of a .htaccess file, but the problem is even if the user knows the full url he/she will get 403 Forbidden.

Answer 1

I have fixed the issue by changing "Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews" to "Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews" inside of my conf file in /etc/apache2/sites-available. Removing "Indexes" did the trick. Now when someone types in www.example.com/documents they get 403 error, but providing the full path www.example.com/documents/850752485/test.pdf the file is displayed in the browser.