[SOLVED] Protecting the upload folder

[graham23s]

Hi Guys,

 

i was wondering if there was a way you can stop people looking in your upload folder if someone types:

 

www.mysite.com/uploads

 

the whole directory and its contents are shown any way to stop this?

 

thanks guys

 

Graham

[bigbob]

yes. Password protect it with .htaccess. Here, i'll walk you through it.

 

1. Open a notepad.

2. Type this code in:

AuthUserFile /your/directory/here/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Secure Document"
AuthType Basic

<LIMIT GET PUT POST>
require user username
</LIMIT>

where /your/directory/here/ is your directory and /.htpasswd is the password u want to protect it with.

 

3. Save it as .htaccess and set the file type to All.

4. Upload to ur main directory.

5. Your done!

[graham23s]

Thanks a lot for that BigBob

 

cheers

 

Graham

[GingerRobot]

If you're simply trying to stop them getting a directory listing of the folder, then just add an index page into the folder.

[graham23s]

Thanks aswell ginger i never even thought of that.

 

Graham