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Asked: 2026-05-31T00:10:14+00:00

I am unable to stop apache from creating directory listings when using the server

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I am unable to stop apache from creating directory listings when using the server IP address. I have tried editing the relevant site-available files as follows;

<VirtualHost *:80>
    JkMount /* default
    ServerName example.co.uk
    ServerAlias www.example.co.uk
    ServerAdmin me@example.co.uk
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.co.uk/public_html
    ErrorLog /var/www/example.co.uk/logs/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/example.co.uk/logs/access.log combined
    <Directory /var/www/example.co.uk/public_html>
        Options -Indexes
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

…but the public_html folder contents are being listed if I access the server using a url of this format;

http://192.168.1.99/example.co.uk/public_html

I have also tried to amend the apache config file at /etc/apache2/apache.conf to include the following;

<Directory />
    Options -Indexes
</Directory>

..but no joy.

I am using Tomcat, and I need my WEB-INF folder to deny access. It doesn’t, and so any .class files can be downloaded.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

thanks

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  1. Editorial Team

    This means that it will not reach your VirtualHost settings, but default virtual host settings.

    You have 2 options (at least):

    1, put .htaccess file to your directory for which you want to restrict listing

    2, Setup you IP based virtual host with similar settings as your name-based vhosts

    You said that you put

    <Directory />
    Options -Indexes
</Directory>

    You should have Location instead of Directory there

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