How to disable directory browsing in WAMP

June 3, 2015   /   by Marco  / Categories :  Technology

If you’re using WAMP and are browsing a folder without an index.php or index.html file, the WAMP server will display all the files contained in that folder. Here’s an example:

WAMP Display Directory Listing

 

This can become a security risk as the visitor is able to browse and download all the files. In order to disable this you need to edit the httpd.conf file which can be found here: C:\wamp\bing\apache\apache[version]\conf\httpd.conf

Look for the line

Options -Indexes

All you need to do is then add the # infront of the line so it looks like this:

Options -Indexes

WAMP Disable Directory Browsing

 

Restart WAMP by clicking on the WAMP icon and selecting restart all.

WAMP Restart

This will then disable the directory as shown below:

WAMP Forbidden access

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