How do i make 'index.php' higher priority than 'index.html' with a Shell script

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I'm automating a server setup and to install PHP I need to add index.php to /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf.

The target content of the file looks like this:

<IfModule mod_dir.c>

          DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.htm

</IfModule>

I need to add index.php before index.html.

It should end up looking like this

<IfModule mod_dir.c>

          DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.cgi index.pl index.xhtml index.htm

</IfModule>

How do I do this with a shell script?

Your directive already contains an index.php, do you actually need to add it twice? — Axel Amthor
– Axel Amthor, Commented Sep 6, 2014 at 21:38
I would recommend to put all params necessary into a repository / database and generate an .htacces instead of fiddling around in central config (which needs at least a reload of apache processes once changed) — Axel Amthor
– Axel Amthor, Commented Sep 6, 2014 at 21:44
@AxelAmthor I'm simply following this tutorial to install PHP on Ubuntu 12.04 => digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/… — narzero
– narzero, Commented Sep 6, 2014 at 21:45
But that's for manual installation. I didn't get why you want to do this by a script? — Axel Amthor
– Axel Amthor, Commented Sep 6, 2014 at 21:48

gandaliter · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-06 21:55:26Z

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All you're doing is making index.php higher priority than index.html. It's an odd thing to need to do, and probably better done in .htaccess or something. However, if you really want to make the change in the config file directly you can use sed. In this case something like the following:

cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
sed -e 's/\s*DirectoryIndex.*$/\tDirectoryIndex index\.php <...> index\.htm/' \
    dir.conf > dir.conf.tmp && mv dir.conf.tmp dir.conf

You need to be sure that 'DirectoryIndex' only appears once though, and fill in <...> with the rest of the line (escaping dots: 'index.pl' -> 'index\.pl').

answered Sep 6, 2014 at 21:55

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clt60 · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-06 22:28:57Z

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Or you can also try the next,

will do the replace only inside of the <IfModule mod_dir.c> block
will add index.php to the begining of the line if not exists
reorder the line if in the index.php already exists in the line
don't change the other entries order
create an backup file .bak

conf="./dir.conf"

err() { echo "$@" >&2; return 1; }
line=$(sed '/<IfModule *mod_dir.c>/,/<\/IfModule>/!d' "$conf" | grep -o -m1 'DirectoryIndex.*')
[[ ! -z "$line" ]] || err "No mod_dir.c" || exit 1
repl=$(echo $(echo DirectoryIndex;echo index.php; tr ' ' '\n' <<<"$line" | grep -Ev 'index\.php|DirectoryIndex'))
sed -i'.bak' "/<IfModule *mod_dir.c>/,/<\/IfModule>/s/$line/$repl/" "$conf"

answered Sep 6, 2014 at 22:28

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