webserver - Change the visible footer in Apache directory pages

When I visit a directory listing page on my Apache server, this footer is visible:

Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at localhost Port 80

How is it possible to modify parts of this footer to my liking?

Answer

Use the ReadmeName directive to mod_autoindex in the server configuration file (or in .htaccess if that is allowed). Example:

This is a test footer.

# This would be in the config file or .htaccess file
ReadmeName /FOOTER.html

Another option: omit the leading forward slash to have httpd instead look for a FOOTER.html file in the listed directory, which you might want to hide in the listing:

ReadmeName FOOTER.html
IndexIgnore FOOTER.html

If no FOOTER.html file exists in a directory, the default footer giving the server version will be displayed.