Set directory index to .html file in Apache2

Question

I have a Debian web-server with Apache2 installed and need to set in one directory DirectoryIndex to .html file (exactly this name - .html). But when I try to open page from browser it send 403 error. I've changed apache2.conf (set to allow .ht files), I placed .htacess file in directory and set in it:

DirectoryIndex .html index.php index.html
AllowOverride All
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all

But it still not work and displays 403 error. What i doing wrong and what i forget to do?

@Evgeniy Skulditsky: I think you may also check your folder's owner and group . — YeJiabin, May 31 '11 at 08:12
Folder's owner and group i've checked at first of all ) I think that in some other place are additional rules about .ht files — Evgeniy Skulditsky, May 31 '11 at 08:13
Are you getting any error messages in your apache log files? If not, you might want to try adding/changing [LogLevel](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#loglevel) to get a better idea as to why Apache is giving you 403s. — Damien Wilson, May 31 '11 at 08:19
LogLevel is set to debug, but there is no messages eigher in Access log or in Error log. — Evgeniy Skulditsky, May 31 '11 at 08:25

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '11 at 08:30

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The correct answer is:

<FilesMatch "^\.html">
        Order deny,allow
</FilesMatch>

DirectoryIndex .html

answered May 31 '11 at 08:30

akond

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Thank you! Can you explain this behavior? – Evgeniy Skulditsky May 31 '11 at 08:32
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Ay, sure. Damien was right. There is a rule somewhere that blocks these kind of files. We are releasing them. The key here is the Order directive. Order deny,allow means that it is allowed by default unless there is a deny rule. – akond May 31 '11 at 08:36
But there is one small problem: host.com/dir/ - working, but host.com/dir/.html - doesn't – Evgeniy Skulditsky May 31 '11 at 08:37
There was additional rule in nginx config that disabled access to .ht files – Evgeniy Skulditsky May 31 '11 at 09:21

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '11 at 08:14

Sounds like you have a rule somewhere in your apache file that denys access to files starting with a .. This is generally a Good Thing, as a lot of sensitive files start with dots (ie: .htaccess, .svn, .git, .htpasswd, etc etc).

You might be able to get around the issue with something like this:

<FilesMatch "^\.html">
 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
</Files>

Disclaimer: This seems like a hack. I don't know what you're trying to do, but there's probably a cleaner, less error prone way to do it.

Thank you for good answer but i'm already do it in apache2.conf: Order allow,deny Allow from all I also tried your code but it still 403 error. — Evgeniy Skulditsky, May 31 '11 at 08:17

Set directory index to .html file in Apache2

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