Apache’s web server default behaviour allows users visiting your website to see the contents of a directory if you haven’t defined a default index file (e.g. index.html or index.php).
Leaking such information in the world is very dangerous because malicious users are given a better clue of your website structure or the building blocks of your web application.
With cPanel, you can customize the directory settings of a website. Since by default, cPanel lists all the files and directories of the website. Let go in and check how to disable directory listing for your website via cPanel.
Procedure:
1. Login to your cPanel.
2. Click on the icon ‘Indexes’ under the ‘ADVANCED’ section.
3. Select the directory for which you want to change the index settings. A new window opens, and here you can choose the ‘No Indexing’ option to disable directory listing.
Here you can see four types of indexing methods.
- Default System Indexing: This is the default option set by a hosting provider.
- No Indexing: This option allows to disable directory listing. The main reason to disable directory listing is to enable privacy to reduce the chances of the files being attacked.
- Standard Indexing: This option will enable the directory listing. The user can see the name of the directories.
- Fancy Indexing: This option will enable the directory listing. The user can see the name and description of the files and directories under your indexed directory.
4. Click Save.
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