How to deny access to a folder

wachtn · 05-21-2009, 03:11 AM

How can I avoid this in every directory without an index.html file?

http://www.shakeandbake247.com/images/

To David and Mark, of Shake and bake, I hope you dont mind me using this example. You did post your site here looking for help.

orangecopper · 05-21-2009, 08:24 AM

Hey..Go to your FTP client, Browse to this folder and change the CHMOD ( permissions ) for the folder to no Read access to public. then on opening in browser it would give error: not authorized to access.

The link: http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/...chmodcal.shtml
Shows different values u can use for chmod.

regards
Joshu

wachtn · 05-21-2009, 09:36 AM

Thank you.
I dont have any web design training. Just got the software needed and have been slowing learning how to use it.

Can you suggest the proper values to use? I have played around with CHMOD already but I wound up denying access to everything within the directory not just to that only level of my site.

example:
If I changed the permission to for the directory www.site-root.com/image_folder/ every image, site wide, that was stored in that directory was blocked.

pjmcdermott · 05-23-2009, 08:06 PM

A very simple way to do this is to create an index.html page in the folder that you want to keep people out of that has a JavaScript re-direct code in it that will redirect to the homepage when the someone types in the url of the folder.

For example, you have www.sitename.com/images. You want to keep someone out of the images folder. With a java script redirect code you can do this easily. It will redirect from www.sitename.com/images to www.sitename.com (your homepage).

The code looks like:

<script type="text/javascript">

</script>

Paste this in the head section of the index.html page you create in the folder you wish to block, replacing sitename.com with your URL. (Leave the http://, it is needed to find the site.

wachtn · 05-24-2009, 03:02 AM

pjm, Great suggestion. Thank you for that code. Putting it someplace safe right now. I have used a similar tech with an index.html that said "click here to return to the home page."

You code is much better tho. Thank you.

05-21-2009, 03:11 AM	#1
wachtn Silver Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 107	How to deny access to a folder How can I avoid this in every directory without an index.html file? http://www.shakeandbake247.com/images/ To David and Mark, of Shake and bake, I hope you dont mind me using this example. You did post your site here looking for help.

05-21-2009, 08:24 AM	#2
orangecopper Gold Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: India Posts: 334	Hey..Go to your FTP client, Browse to this folder and change the CHMOD ( permissions ) for the folder to no Read access to public. then on opening in browser it would give error: not authorized to access. The link: http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/...chmodcal.shtml Shows different values u can use for chmod. regards Joshu __________________ Best Classifieds ads scripts Best web hosting companies 2011 Wordpress SEO

05-23-2009, 08:06 PM	#4
pjmcdermott New Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3	use a javascript redirect code A very simple way to do this is to create an index.html page in the folder that you want to keep people out of that has a JavaScript re-direct code in it that will redirect to the homepage when the someone types in the url of the folder. For example, you have www.sitename.com/images. You want to keep someone out of the images folder. With a java script redirect code you can do this easily. It will redirect from www.sitename.com/images to www.sitename.com (your homepage). The code looks like: <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- window.location = "http://www.sitename.com/" //--> </script> Paste this in the head section of the index.html page you create in the folder you wish to block, replacing sitename.com with your URL. (Leave the http://, it is needed to find the site.

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05-21-2009, 09:36 AM	#3
wachtn Silver Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 107	Thank you. I dont have any web design training. Just got the software needed and have been slowing learning how to use it. Can you suggest the proper values to use? I have played around with CHMOD already but I wound up denying access to everything within the directory not just to that only level of my site. example: If I changed the permission to for the directory www.site-root.com/image_folder/ every image, site wide, that was stored in that directory was blocked.

05-24-2009, 03:02 AM	#5
wachtn Silver Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 107	pjm, Great suggestion. Thank you for that code. Putting it someplace safe right now. I have used a similar tech with an index.html that said "click here to return to the home page." You code is much better tho. Thank you.