Blocking access to dir and sub dir folders from public view

[durangod]

Hi, so awhile back i got this from phpbb as it blocks access to certain folders. My question is do i have to create an htaccess in every folder OR list every folder in this code? I have a ton of folders and listing each one is madness. Originally i just started creating index.php files in each folder and leaving it blank but that too is alot of work and there has to be a better way. I dont want the public to be looking at my dir listings in my folders. I seem to remember something from php about this but its been a long time.

FYI i do already have this code in my root htaccess file

Options -Indexes
Options +FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.php

here is the code i got from phpbb

# With Apache 2.4 the "Order, Deny" syntax has been deprecated and moved from
# module mod_authz_host to a new module called mod_access_compat (which may be
# disabled) and a new "Require" syntax has been introduced to mod_authz_host.
# We could just conditionally provide both versions, but unfortunately Apache
# does not explicitly tell us its version if the module mod_version is not
# available. In this case, we check for the availability of module
# mod_authz_core (which should be on 2.4 or higher only) as a best guess.
<IfModule mod_version.c>
    <IfVersion < 2.4>
        <Files "config.php">
            Order Allow,Deny
            Deny from All
        </Files>
        <Files "common.php">
            Order Allow,Deny
            Deny from All
        </Files>
    </IfVersion>
    <IfVersion >= 2.4>
        <Files "config.php">
            Require all denied
        </Files>
        <Files "common.php">
            Require all denied
        </Files>
    </IfVersion>
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_version.c>
    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
        <Files "config.php">
            Order Allow,Deny
            Deny from All
        </Files>
        <Files "common.php">
            Order Allow,Deny
            Deny from All
        </Files>
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
        <Files "config.php">
            Require all denied
        </Files>
        <Files "common.php">
            Require all denied
        </Files>
    </IfModule>
</IfModule>

Thanks Dave 🙂

 

[durangod]

I got it... the problem is i cant spell htaccess correctly.... i had a typo so it was not using it... Works now....