Apache do not show README.TXT files in directory listing. How can i enable it?

Question

In CentOS 6.0, i have apache for allowing to download drivers + one README.TXT file. But when the site is visited as http://site.mooo.com/ it shows all zip files but not the TXT file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName site.mooo.com
 ServerAlias site.mooo.com
 DocumentRoot /var/www/html/download
 <Directory /var/www/html/download>
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Should show all, but only shows two zip file

/var/www/html/download/
driver.zip
driver.new.zip
README.TXT

score 33 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 03 '12 at 08:21

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I know it's old, but for what it's worth :

Edit your httpd.conf file
Locate the line with the IndexIgnore directive
Remove README* from that pattern

=> It will display the README.txt files.

edited Oct 03 '12 at 08:21

Stephan

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answered Aug 16 '12 at 16:14

brav0charlie

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Or for Xampp: `C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-autoindex.conf` – Danny Beckett Feb 13 '13 at 01:49
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This actually appears be the correct answer for the question. Suggest changing the officially accepted answer to this. – shreddd Jun 05 '13 at 16:45
Thanks! It was driving me crazy! – MBillau Oct 23 '13 at 19:05
How do I do this without access to the file? – MightyPork Oct 24 '15 at 21:16
Due to the auto index is working with readme.html file. The readme.html file will be added to the bottom of directory listing page (if exists) before end of `
` tag. So, it is recommended to change from `README*` to `README.html` instead.
– vee Jul 10 '19 at 02:10
In httpd (apache2) the README is in `/etc/httpd/conf.d/autoindex.conf` – Dr. Mian Feb 15 '21 at 21:38

score -2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '11 at 21:24

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create a .htaccess, try Options +Indexes

answered Oct 28 '11 at 21:24

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Why does it only exclude README files? – Chris Quenelle Mar 23 '12 at 03:37
add `Options +Indexes` in the .htaccess file does not make it visible. – vee Jul 10 '19 at 02:04
@vee This is 8 years ago, I forgot what the question was and what my answer was. My answer was accepted, I must've said something that solved the problem of the OP, that's all that matters, helping OP, that reason alone should make my answer immune from downvotes. it was the only answer for a year and it was accepted, it means I helped someone when he needed help, not after a year from needing help. – Lynob Jul 10 '19 at 15:36

Apache do not show README.TXT files in directory listing. How can i enable it?

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