Set IndexIgnore inside httpd.conf

Question

I want to prevent directory file listing in all of my folders, so when a user types http://example.com/thisDoesNotExists/, the directory file listing do not show up.

According to a tutorial all I have to do is set IndexIgnore *

I try to set it in the httpd.conf, so I do

<IfModule mod_autoindex>
IndexIgnore *
</IfModule>

at the bottom of the httpd.conf.

It does not work. I get my 404errorPage.html without any styles.

How can I fix this? Thanks.

Disclaimer : I try to set this in httpd.conf and not htaccess because "You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance." According to this.

Answer 1

Your <IfModule> argument is wrong so the enclosing directive is never evaluated. The argument either needs to be the modules name (you can see this in the corresponding LoadModule) or the main source filename.

Both "autoindex_module" and "mod_autoindex.c" work.

Answer 2

Here is another way to do it:

You should edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, find the code block with

<Directory "/var/www/html">
    Options Index FollowSymLinks
</Directory>

You should remove the Index in there then restart your httpd service by

sudo service httpd restart