Serve files only if their extension is specified in Apache

Question

I'm running Apache on Ubuntu Server. mysite.com/file.php, for example, is accessible also from mysite.com/file and the same is for images, html pages and everything else. How can I force Apache to serve files only if their extension is specified?

Thanks

Answer 1

You need disable MultiViews:

Options -MultiViews

The effect of MultiViews is as follows: if the server receives a request for /some/dir/foo, if /some/dir has MultiViews enabled, and /some/dir/foo does not exist, then the server reads the directory looking for files named foo.*, and effectively fakes up a type map which names all those files, assigning them the same media types and content-encodings it would have if the client had asked for one of them by name. It then chooses the best match to the client's requirements.

See these links for details:

• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#options
• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/content-negotiation.html#negotiation (scroll a bit until you see Multiviews header)