How can I get location to open a directory? intranet/localhost issue

[joelwenzel]

I have the following code in my header but it does not open the C directory when I use

http://localhost/file.html.

However, if I just go to the file (file.html) and open it, it immediately redirects to the c directory. Any idea of how I can get this code to work using the localhost directory (it is for an intranet site)

<script language="javascript">
window.location = 'file:///C:/';
</script>

 

[jemminger]

do you want to browse the user's c: directory or the server's c: directory?

as written, you would be attempting to browse the user's c: directory, which could be considered a security risk.

if you want to browse the server, i would suggest enabling directory browsing on the appropriate directories in your server config.


-jeff

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[joelwenzel]

I want the server directory. Ok, I really don't know to much about this. How do I change the settings in the server config? I only can find a web.config file.

How do I set the directory as readable?

 

[jemminger]

depends on what webserver you're running.

iirc, web.config sounds like a .NET thing

if M$ IIS, it's in IIS Admin console, there's a checkbox for directory browsing (google "disable directory browsing iis")

if Apache:

http://www.justenoughlinux.com/2002/05/01/disable_directory_browsing_in_apache.html

-jeff

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