Trouble in restricting the directory which contains .htaccess file

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While i try to access the .htaccess file its saying access forbidden,which is obvious. But the listing of all other files also getting displayed,i.e no restrictions are imposed on those files which are under the same directory as the .htaccess. However i want to restrict everyone but myself from those files too. Here is my httpd.config

inside directory of httpd.config


Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI

AllowOverride ALL

Require all granted

<pre lang="xml">
<Files ".ht*">
	Require all denied
</Files>

my .htaccess file

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# deny everyone but myself
<Limit GET POST PUT>
    Options -Indexes
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</Limit>

[edit]Code block corrected[/edit]

Posted 24-Jun-13 3:14am

sash_kp

Updated 24-Jun-13 11:30am

Nelek

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Jun-13 9:19am

Access from where? Why would you ever need to access it?
—SA

sash_kp 24-Jun-13 9:31am

Just for testing purpose whether .htaccess works or not with my xampp. When i enter the url of the directory in my browser,(directory in which .htaccess file is there),i don't want the listing of files to be shown.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Jun-13 10:35am

Of course you don't want it, but it does not mean you "access" this file directly. But you should better disallow index access in all the site.
—SA

sash_kp 24-Jun-13 16:15pm

Yeah that's cool..So could you help in letting me know where to write "Options -Indexes" in my httpd.config?

sash_kp 24-Jun-13 16:16pm

I mean in which specific part of the httpd.config?

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-06-24T10:30:00

Solution 1

In httpd.config, it is done in a different way, unrelated to that of .htaccess, which provides setting local to the directory. Please see, for example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1988267/apache-options-indexes-configuration-not-working[^].

—SA

Posted 24-Jun-13 10:30am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov