Accessing Webpage Directories/Indexes?

[sourboy]

Is it possible to load a webpage (say "www.webpage.com") and reveal it's directory (such as "www.webpage.com/folder/" or "...com/images/") if you are not the admin, but just a regular browser?

I'm talking about the index or whatever, where it has the parent directory, then a link to each folder and all - and it forms a directory tree like your standard OS does.

Can that be accessed by a non-admin of a site, like by a command or something?

EDIT: like this...

 

[Thrawn]

If the directory has an index.html or index.php or index.whateverelse page, then no, you can't. From what I know, if you try to view a directory that has one of those pages in it, your browser will default to displaying that page.

 

[sourboy]

So the only way someone can load a folder off my webpage is to enter in the correct name after the initial address ("www.webpage.com/folder/"), but they can not, under any other circumstances, find out what folders are subdirectories without me telling them - if my main page is "index.html" ??

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

Actually by default your browser will throw a 404 if there is no index page, unless the server is configured differently.

You can try substituting the http: for ftp: but most servers are configured to not allow anonymous logins so you wouldn't be able to browse that way either.

As per your example you should be fine, but I wouldn't suggest using that as a method to securing information. Just because they can't browse your directory doesn't mean spiders wont find it, and they don't always listen when you tell them not to peek.