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How can I prevent Directory Listing?
Create an .htaccess file in your main directory (/var/www/html) or a subdirectory of your choice.  This file will control settings for the directory it is placed in , plus all subdirectories below it unless they have .htaccess files of their own.

Add this line to that file:

Options -Indexes
Here are some additional resources:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html
http://javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess11.shtml

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