New to DA, need help with proper url

[jolycu]

I have created a folder under public_html called MyFriends. On another account using cpanel, my friends could just type in http://www.mydomain.com/MyFriends/ and they could then see an index of what was in that folder. But when they do that with my DA account, they get a Forbidden page. The permission is set as 755 on the MyFriends folder. I have also tried setting permission to 644 with the same result. Are we typing the url in wrong? If so, what is the proper url?
Thanks!
jolycu

My site is www.formyfriendsonly.net. The folder we want to access is www.formyfriendsonly.net/MyFriends/

 

[floyd]

http://www.clockwatchers.com/htaccess_dir.html

 

[jolycu]

http://www.clockwatchers.com/htaccess_dir.html

Thanks for your response. From the link provided, it seems I need to change the .htaccess to Options +Indexes. I did that, but I'm still getting a Forbidden message. Does it take awhile for it to work, or should it work immediately? Also, the .htaccess is in the cgi-bin folder under in public_html. Do I need to create another cgi-bin folder with .htaccess in the MyFriends folder?

As you have probably guessed, I am a newbie to all this. I really appreciate your help.

 

[floyd]

The .htaccess file has to be in the folder for which you want people to be able to see the directory listing.

 

[jolycu]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've got it working now!