Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] invisible README

[Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>]

110216 Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:
>> I recently put some files at  http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/esp/ .
>> One of them is  README.pdf , which is visible when I list the dir contents
>> using SSh or Krusader, but which is not shown by FF, Konqueror or Lynx.
>> If I make a copy called  READFILE.pdf , it is shown by the browsers.
>> Can anyone explain what's going on ?
> Maybe your IndexIgnore setting is something like this:
> IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS CVS *,v *,t
>> So, where do I look for 'IndexIgnore ... ' ?
> The configuration line I quoted was taken from the Apache documentation:
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_autoindex.html#indexignore

Yes, I checked Google & it appears there sb a file  .htaccess
in the public dir, which can contain the IndexIgnore line.
However, the server I'm using is on a university multi-user system
& so I don't have root access to change its default settings
nor do I know whether creating my own  .htaccess  would work.
My workaround -- renaming to  READTHIS  -- is adequate.
Thanks to all who offered advice.

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