The Index Manager in cPanel enables you to specify how directories on your web site are displayed. By default, if an index file is not there in a directory, the directory's content is listed in front of the user at his browser. This is not recommended for security reasons.
You can use the Index Manager to set one of four options for any directory:
- Default System Setting: This option uses the default system setting for your web site. This option is set for all directories by default (unless an .htaccess file exists in a parent directory).
- No Indexing: This option specifies that if an index file is not present, a directory listing is not displayed.
- Standard Indexing (filename only): This option specifies that if an index file is not present, a directory listing is displayed as text.
- Fancy Indexing (filename and description): This option specifies that if an index file is not present, a directory listing is displayed as text with icons.
Note: If any file type that belongs to the index files (like: index.php, index.htm, or index.html) exists in a directory, the user sees the index file in his browser regardless of which indexing option is set for the directory.
