how to restrict a user from accessing directory structure by changing the URL?

[mintoo2cool]

How to configure the server to restrict a user from accessing the directory structure, by changing the URL?

 

for example: if the server redirects the user to the following URL upon successful login.

http://mysite/dir1/dir2/dir3/phpfile.php

 

currently, if i try change the URL to http://mysite/dir1/

 

even though there is no index webpage for dir1/, the directory structure gets exposed.

how do i go about restricting the user from accessing the directory structure and throw an error message at him like "you are not authorised to view this", whenever a "smarty-pants" user tries to edit the URL manually.

 

The user should only be able to see the webpages which the server redirects him to. nothing else.

 

How to configure the PHP server such that, if the URL is modified manually, server should redirect to an error page instead of exposing the directory structure.

[JKG]

hows about using .htaccess rewrites instead of actual directories?

[bspace]

you need to look at using a htaccess file

 

see for example:

http://corz.org/serv/tricks/htaccess.php

 

Options -Indexes

 

will do the trick