Virtual Directory Browsing in IIS Is what in OSX Server?

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Virtual Directory Browsing in IIS Is what in OSX Server?

Ok, forgive my ignorance. I am coming from a better understanding of Microsoft IIS..

Basically what I am looking for is.. In my Windows Server I would have a Partition Drive with a letter.. lets say e:\ and call the drive docs with data files saved on it. I would then go into IIS and setup a Virtual Directory of that E drive.. So then I could have people own a browser at www.website.com/docs and from there it would list all the files allow them me to download what they needed.... Yes, I know there is also a VPN option.. However, this is easier for my case...

I think in Apache it would show a page and in bold letters "Index Of /" then list all the contents in that drive or folder..

I have tried looking up what it would be called in Apache.. Yet not yielded much luck..

Anyone have ideas?

Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jan 31, 2014 6:04 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 1, 2014 6:24 AM in response to ME44102

You are looking for the Indexes option of Apache. options +Indexes

You can edit the virtual host file or enable an .htaccess file.

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MrHoffman

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Feb 1, 2014 7:27 AM in response to ME44102

As alternatives to allowing directory access within Apache...

Maybe via WebDAV, depending on exactly what you're up to.

Sometimes better approaches can involve setting up git or mercurial interfaces, which inherently have revision management and change-tracking data available (and variously also some basic info on who downloaded what), and the ability to revert to earlier document versions, if not a dedicated document-tracking system.

There's no equivalent of nor particular analog to SharePoint with OS X Server, however.

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Feb 1, 2014 7:42 AM in response to Strontium90

Yes! You are correct, I actually got it to work about 5 mins ago.. Thank you for the reply..

I found a manual from Apple "web tech" that says to insert:

Options Indexes MultiViews

AllowOverride None

Order allow,deny

Allow from all

</Directory>

I inserted this into the /etc/apache2/sites/website.conf file or even the Virtual_Host_Global.conf file

I changed the directory to the path I have the "Aliases and Redirects" such as /Volumes/Web

Works great!

HOWEVER....... I have noticed.. that every time I then goto edit something in the Server Admin Console for Apache.. It removes the code out of the .conf files..

I have tried making .htaccess files in the Drive with no luck or even adding a httpd.conf and no luck..

It does seem to give Directory indexing when I add it into the location listed above.. yet no where else.. kind of stumped again..

Any ideas?

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ME44102 Author

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Feb 1, 2014 9:25 AM in response to ME44102

I can seem to Index very easily any pages within the web site folder.

Yet, when the want to to index a Alias location on another drive to make the site something like www.website.com/meda

No matter if I drop a .htaccess or a .conf file into that location does it seem to allow indexing access..

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