Disable Directory Listing in Apache

I have installed Ubuntu Server 7.04 linux and setup as LAMP Server. By default, directory browsing is enabled but it is not advisable on production website. I have searched the following information on how to disable directory listing on apache from linuxassassin’s website.

For Ubuntu 7.04:

Browse on /etc/apache2/sites-available and edit default file.

Look for the section that looks like

<Directory /[some directory name]>

and your should see something like the following in the following line:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

To disable directory listing, just remove ‘Indexes’ from this line or change ‘Indexes’ to ‘-Indexes’

Make sure to restart your Apache server thereafter using

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

That’s it! Directory listing should be disabled now!

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