Gilded Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 This is quite a basic question, yet I haven't figured it out. When there's a folder uploaded, and you enter the url for just the folder (like www.<<inserturlhere>>.com/something/), it goes to the index-file if there is one, otherwise it opens the folder. So, how can you see the files in a folder without getting redirected to the index-file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 are you saying for example there's a site: mysite.com and on that site there's loads of files, you want to see the files without going to mysite.com ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 i dont think u will be able to see the files unless you set the permissions rite. most likely you will get a 403 forbidden error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted December 18, 2004 Author Share Posted December 18, 2004 "i dont think u will be able to see the files unless you set the permissions rite. most likely you will get a 403 forbidden error." Yeah, but in some cases there are no restrictions, just the redirection. That's why I'm wondering how to do it. "are you saying for example there's a site: mysite.com and on that site there's loads of files, you want to see the files without going to mysite.com ?" Yeah sort of, for example there's mysite.com/site/, that has index.html in it, and a bunch of images in the same folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Use your site's .htaccess files for stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 This is quite a basic question, yet I haven't figured it out. When there's a folder uploaded, and you enter the url for just the folder (like www.<<inserturlhere>>.com/something/), it goes to the index-file if there is one, otherwise it opens the folder. So, how can you see the files in a folder without getting redirected to the index-file? The simple answer is: "you don't". Directory listings are usually (read: almost always) a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silencer Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 When you encounter a directory listing online, it is usually a big mistake on the server's part. Of course, many http file servers (especially ones associated with linux for some reason) will just point you to a listing, but that is special and they do it securely. So the short answer is no. Of course I have heard of leaching programs that will download the contents of a server for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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