iTP Secure WebServer System Administrator's Guide (iTPWebSvr 5.1+)

Configuration Directives

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IndexFile

Syntax

IndexFile filename1 filename2 ...

Description

Use the IndexFile directive to specify the file the server is to return whenever a URL

refers to a directory instead of to a file. Typically the IndexFile directive is set to a

file that contains an index or other description of the contents of the directory being

referred to by the URL.

For example, if your server receives the URL

http://www.myserver.com/foo/

and that the server configuration file (httpd.config) specifies

IndexFile index.html welcome.html

in response to this URL, which does not specify a particular file in directory /foo, the

server will look for a file named index.html in /foo, as if the full URL were

http://my.server.com/foo/index.html

If this file does not exist, the server will try to find in /foo the next file specified in the

IndexFile directive, as if the full URL were now

http://my.server.com/foo/welcome.html

If neither of these files exist, and if no IndexFile directive is specified in the

configuration file, and the DirIndex command of the Region directive is not present, the

server returns an error message to the web client saying that access has been denied.

Only one IndexFile directive is allowed in the configuration file.

Default

None.

Example

IndexFile index.html welcome.html