limiting diretory/file content?

I wish to use Apache 2.2 to limit where users may go. I wish to avert
the so-called "fishing" where a user sees:

(note that I will be using name based virtual hosts to host multiple
domains on the same physical server/same ip)

http://www.site.org/whatever/something.html and tries to access
http://www.site.org/whatever/

I would like it on a directory basis, a file basis may be needed later
but not for now.

How may I achieve this? A sample config info would be appreciated
since I never did this before :)

If a user tries to access a forbidden directory I wish to display a
custom message to them like "Stop that!" or something so also how may
I do that?

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!
Zach

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Re: limiting diretory/file content?

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> http://www.site.org/whatever/something.html and tries to access
> http://www.site.org/whatever/
>
> I would like it on a directory basis, a file basis may be needed later
> but not for now.

Which rule would you set to disable access? Rule based on IP for instance?

> If a user tries to access a forbidden directory I wish to display a
> custom message to them like "Stop that!" or something so also how may I
> do that?

You can do that by .htaccess combining rule for no access and customized
page for message.

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Re: limiting diretory/file content?

Zachary Uram wrote:
> I wish to use Apache 2.2 to limit where users may go. I wish to avert
> the so-called "fishing" where a user sees:
>
> (note that I will be using name based virtual hosts to host multiple
> domains on the same physical server/same ip)
>
> http://www.site.org/whatever/something.html and tries to access
> http://www.site.org/whatever/
>
> I would like it on a directory basis, a file basis may be needed later
> but not for now.
>
> How may I achieve this? A sample config info would be appreciated
> since I never did this before :)
>
> If a user tries to access a forbidden directory I wish to display a
> custom message to them like "Stop that!" or something so also how may
> I do that?
>
the easiest way :
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryi ndex

set a global DirectoryIndex to the error page you want, and override it
in sections where you want something else.

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