hide subfolder?

[canadave]

Hi all,

Question:

Let's say I have a folder in my webserver directory named "A". Inside A are two subfolders, "X" and "Y". I just want to hide Y, but not A or X. How can I do that? I tried going into the config section dealing with hiding directories, and I know how to hide "A", but not "Y" alone.

Thanks!
Dave

[AbyssUnderground]

You would need to put into the hidden files box:

/a/y or
/a/y/*.*

Method 1 should hide the folder, method 2 will hide the files inside the folder but still show the folder.
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www.abyssunderground.co.uk

[aprelium]

canadave,

By hiding a subdirectory, do you mean making access to it forbidden or disabling directory listing for it while its files remain accessible?
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[canadave]

Andy,

Thanks...I tried that (figured it was the way to go), but it doesn't work. I guess I should be more explicit: the names of the directories in question are as follows:

"Dave's pizza recipe" is the main folder--I want people to be able to see that and access it. Inside that is a subfolder called "images," which (this is the answer to aprelium's question) I don't want people to access or see in the simple directory listing (it only contains a web page header image). Also inside "Dave's pizza recipe" is a single file: "Dave's pizza recipe.html." I want that file alone to be visible and accessible.

Thanks for your help,
Dave

[Moxxnixx]

An easy way to make the "images" subfolder inaccessible is to insert a blank index.html file in the subfolder.
You could also put a message in the index.html that says something like "Access Denied". That's what I do.

[TRUSTAbyss]

You can use the new Rules for Directory Listing and Deny Access for
/images , this can be done from the Directory Listing -> Scope area
, Hopefully this fixes whatever problem your having.

Sincerely, TRUSTpunk

[canadave]

Hmmmm....these are *sort* of fixes, but not really what I was hoping for. I've managed to get the images subfolder to not be accessible (if I click on it, I get a "page not able to be displayed"), but the subfolder itself is still visible. I want it to be entirely hidden (otherwise I'll probably start getting emails like, "I just tried to click on the images to see pictures of your pizza, and I can't--what gives???" :)

Dave

[aprelium]

canadave,

To make /Dave's pizza recipe/image unlistable, add it to the Deny table of Directory Listing > Scope.

To make "image" hidden from the listing of /Dave's pizza recipe, add image to the Hidden Files list.
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[canadave]

[killermist]

[canadave]

Hmm, that was a good thought, but it didn't work. I just renamed the "Dave's pizza recipe" folder to simply "pizza", and then tried to hide "/pizza/images" in the Directory Listing section of the config page. Didn't work :(

[TRUSTAbyss]

[canadave]

Oh :( So there's currently no way to do this, then, I guess, other than the suggestions offered earlier in this thread....oh well! :) Thanks for the answer though, I appreciate it.

[TRUSTAbyss]

Im sure this can be done if aprelium made it support path references. All they
would need to do is have the server check the path to see if it has Hidden files.

Sincerely, TRUSTpunk

[Moxxnixx]

I'm not sure what you're doing wrong. Aprelium's direction's above work perfectly.
I made a test folder on my server. Inside that test folder I put folderA and folderB.
I then went to Console > Default Host Configure > Directory Listing > Hidden Files
and added folderB to the list and restarted the server to apply changes.

When I browsed the test folder, only folderA was visible, yet I was still able to
access folderB with a direct link to an image I placed inside.

[canadave]

WHOA!

OK, I just tried your test (set up a test folder, then subfolders folderA and folderB), and I was able to hide folderB using your method. I then went back and tried just adding "images" (no slashes, no other path info) to the Hidden Files list...and that works--my images subfolder in my "pizza recipe" folder is no longer visible. So my problem is solved!

However, I see a drawback to that, which a future version of Abyss might want to look at. As a test, I then went and changed the name of "folderB" to "images" (in other words, now I have two unrelated subfolders that are both named "images"). Sure enough, that subfolder went hidden too, even though it's in a completely different folder than the other "images" subfolder.

So path info for hiding directories would definitely be on my wish list for future improvements :)

Anyways, my own issue is resolved....thanks for all your help, guys...Abyss is the best!

Cheers,
Dave

[Moxxnixx]

Yes, I noticed this as well. I guess we'll just have to make sure our folders are
uniquely named until there is an improvement on this.

[aprelium]