parent directory disallow

[jason_m]

hello,

i am sure this is a simple question for a lot of you but here goes.

i have a site lets call it: example.com
i have a subdir called: images

i want to be able to access files in my: /images/headshot.jpg
but i do not want a user to be able to see what else i have in /images/*

not sure how this is done.
any help would be largely appreciated!

[edited by: incrediBILL at 5:03 pm (utc) on Mar 13, 2010]
[edit reason] Only use EXAMPLE.COM for sample domain names [/edit]

[penders]

...but i do not want a user to be able to see what else i have in /images/*

How does a user see what else you have in your images subdir? Do you mean the user gets a 'directory listing' when they enter http://example.com/images/ in their browser?

If so, you can prevent Apache from generating a directory listing by putting the following in a .htaccess file either in your webroot (to affect every directory on your site), or in your images folder (if you just want to prevent directory listings in that folder).

Options -Indexes

[penders]

Yes, that is a directory listing generated by Apache when there is no default file (eg. index.html) in that folder. See my post above to disable this.

[jason_m]

great, thank you very much!