Folder access and permissions

[wardiew]

I am trying to make folders containing movie files accessible to everyone and the folders have permissions set at 755, but when I try to access a folder with no index.htm file in it, access is denied. I want a list of the files in the folder to be displayed, but no luck so far. try: < www.wardieward.com/boyd/ > for instance. FORBIDDEN. Help appreciated.

 

[scsi]

Create a .htaccess file in the parent folder with the following line.

Options +Indexes

 

[wardiew]

Create a .htaccess file in the parent folder with the following line.

Options +Indexes

Thanks for the help.
When I added the .htaccess file to the folder I got another error message, this time Server Error.
Let me get this straight- if I have a folder I want the contents of which displayed to anyone, I set the permission to 755 and also insert this .htaccess file in the same folder?
My cgi-bin folder one level higher already has a .htacccess file with the line Options +Indexes. What is this for?
tnx in Adv.

 

[wardiew]

Problem solved- access permissions

Thanks SCSI- problem solved- when I created a new .htaccess file within the file management page, access was granted, so I think my problem is solved.
cheers!