Topic awaiting preservation: .htaccess questions

Ok I want to put a .htaccess file in a directory to make it give the user a 404 error when they type in that directoy.

So when they goto: mysite.com/mydirectory/ even though their is stuff there it will give them the default browser 404 error.

I tried using "IndexIgnore *" but that still show the directory, but will no files in it.

I tried "Redirect /mysite.com/directory/index.html > http://mysite.com/directory/404.html"

and that does work fine but I want to just make them have a 404 error rather than sending them to my custom 404 error page.

Yeah I know that sounds odd but it's what i'd like to do, I just can't think how to do it

Synthetic: Might you be better off with a 403 as that is more conventional or is your heart set on 404?

[emp edit: You'll need to look into mod_rewrite to do what you want I suspect - on rereading your post]

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The standard way to block showing folder contents is to remove "Indexes" option from folder options...

Just put the following in your .htaccess file:

Options -Indexes

And when someone tries to access that folder, Apache will throw 403 Not Authorized error, which is *standard* error for this...

I think he's trying to pretend that the dir doesn't exist...


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RedirectPermanent /directory http://yoursite/404.html

I think that's what he's trying to avoid...


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only way I can think up of is that or putting an index in there that fakes the server 404.

Or switch the default document of that directory to something else.

You should be able to fake a 404 error by using

header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");

in your default doc as explained in http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php

Maybe this can be useful: http://www.plinko.net/404/