I’ve recently configured a new server running Debian Lenny Linux. It really irritated methat by default an Alias existed to the /icons/ directory.
It took me a while to get through the configured Virtualhosts in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ , the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and check among the enabled Apache modueles existing in /etc/apache2/mods-avaiable/
I finally got that the Alias to the directory was because of a configuration directives in /etc/apache2/mods-available/alias.conf
To disable the Alias you’ll have to:
debian-server:~# vim /etc/apache2/mods-available/alias.conf
Then Change in the /etc/apache2/mods-available/alias.conf :
<Directory "/usr/share/apache2/icons">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Allow from all to to Deny from all in order to forbid access to the /icons/ directory.
If you want to completely wipe out the Alias comment out the line:
Alias /icons/ "/usr/share/apache2/icons/"
Now restart Apache and the access to the /icons directory enabled by default on Debian would be no more 🙂
debian-server:~# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Cheers 🙂