Directory browsing is turned off system-wide

mmargo

Hi all I hope you can point me in the right direction. I know very little about PHP. I've built a couple of site using basic PHP emailing and some SQL Database information gathering, all trial by fire.

My company has always been able to post file for clients into directories, so they can pull the down with a list of files in a browser window. One of the php functions that I created was the ablity to upload files to our server from our website for retrevial later. It works great. Here's the prob.

I can't get them.

With the Directory browing turned off our server guy tells me that we need to make and index page with the approproate links for any type of upload/download. I get a permissions error even from FTP client. I have to hard code a html link and create an html page upload it and then download it like that.

I understand the security issue, but this doesn't work for us.

I found a php app that is suppose to list the content of the directory, but I'm getting an error, and I don't know what's what.

Can any one here make a suggestion and I'm sorry if this a "duh" question.

Thanks a bunch!!
mmargo

Roger_Ramjet

The best thing I can do for you is to give you this link so that you will fully understand things

guide to .htaccess

Take the time to read through the various sections, then you will be able to tell your server guy exactly what you want, or do it for yourself.

Basically, anyone surfing your site is an annoymouse user, with no privileges beyond reading files and running scripts.
For security, I would suggest that you set it up so that your clients have a login and password for a subdirectory. Once authenticated, they would no longer be anonumous and could therefor be given read dir list and write privileges to the subdirectory in question.
That would still not give them site-wide access which should satisfy your server admins succurity requirements.

I must say that I absolutely agree with your sys admins refusal to open holes in his system. But not with his unhelpfull attitude.

mmargo

Thanks for the link and I will become one with it.

i apprieciate your time.

M-