Stop public access to files and folders

[halalrizik2841]

How can we stop public access to folders and files on the script. This is a security concern as anybody can access the uploaded files and all other script folders.

Please suggest how to restrict public access to files.

Example : http://www.yoursite.com/admin/assets

 

[ysmods]

Its not a problem due to there being nothing in those folders that can cause problems.

But if you're that concerned about it then you can upload a file named index.html and that will stop any directory listing (which should be turned off anyway).

 

[adam]

Yes it's not a security issue. You can stop directory browsing though by also adding this at the top of your .htaccess file:

Options -Indexes