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Hi,

I need some help in the following questions below:

First question:

Why enabled the directory listing on the following directories?



I am using the last (1.5.15) Joomla's standard .htaccess file. On other directories I cannot list the directory but the above I can. How do I disable it in the .htaccess instead of using a new .htaccess with the "IndexIngnore *" command?

Second question:

I have uncommented the lines in the new .htaccess (Joomla's 1.5.15 htaccess.txt), but the XML files still can be opened.



Any idea?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
theblase

I have found the solution to my second question. Add this new line (marked with bold) to the .htaccess file:

## Deny access to extension xml files (uncomment out to activate)
RedirectMatch 403 (?:/plugins/[^/]*/[^/]*|(?:/administrator)?/(?:components|modules)/(?:com|mod)_([^/]*)/(?:(?:com|mod)_)?\1)\.xml$
#<Files ~ "\.xml$">
#Order allow,deny
#Deny from all
#Satisfy all
#</Files>
## End of deny access to extension xml files

And now it is working!!!

Any idea to my first question?

Thanks,
theblase

This code is not in the core htaccess.txt file.
The upgrade does not affect the .htaccess file, only the htaccess.txt file.
These must be changes you made previously.
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Ok, but how do I disable the directory listing on the following directories in the .htaccess file?

mydomain.com/mod_jatabs/
mydomain.com/mod_JoomlaAddThis/
mydomain.com/mod_jw_sir/
mydomain.com/mod_novasfh/

If you google "disable directory listing htaccess", you will find your answer. Easily.