mod_access/2160: Indexing defaulted ot on?

[Andrew Daniel <an...@digispec.com>]

>Number:         2160
>Category:       mod_access
>Synopsis:       Indexing defaulted ot on?
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 30 21:50:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     andrew@digispec.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3b6
>Environment:
1.3b6 precompiled from apache.org, Win95OSR2, 64Megs RAM
>Description:
I setup a VirtualHost inside of httpd.conf (using the Include directive).
I then setup the directories as specified in the VirtualHost directive.
Without _any_ HTML, I launch NS3.0 and logon to 127.0.0.1 and I get an
index of the directory.  I then add:

# NOT ALLOW INDEXING
<directory c:/apache/htdocs/s10-4x4/public/>
Options -Indexes
</directory>

This does in fact result in a "forbidden" error message
in the VirtualHost root directory.  Now, when
I access 127.0.0.1/stats/, same as
c:/apache/htdocs/s10-4x4/public/stats/, I get indexing
again!  I assumed that .../public/ and _all_ directories
below it would be included in the directive.
>How-To-Repeat:
No URLs apply.  Can replicate as specified in
"description".
>Fix:
None
>Audit-Trail:
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