.htaccess: Prevent users from seeing private directories!

[i386]

This isn't really 'code,' but it's similar to code.

If you have include directories, template directories, or other private directories, why allow users to access them? Instead, use mod_rewrite!

If you have include/ and want to hide it, add this to your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^include$ /dev/null
RewriteRule ^include/(.*)$ /dev/null

You can use that again, but just remove "RewriteEngine On" and change "include" to the directory you want to hide.

10,000,000 in 10,000,001 servers have mod_rewrite.

I would also like to note that all PHP scripts or Perl scripts can access the files, even with this.

 

[dpk87]

Also, for people using cpanel, in he protect directories feature it will write an htaccess file for you.