More for bug 1275883

Removes the .htaccess file in favor of adding script to the update.sh
script which revises the main httpd.conf to disable index listings and
to make all files and directories starting with “.git” result in 404
errors.

This is a much more reliable solution than what I was doing before, I
think.

update.sh

@@ -56,14 +56,17 @@ find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 2775 {} +
 
 find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 0664 {} +
 
-# Ensure that overrides are allowed in htaccess Files
+# Disable indexes and make attempts to open anything starting with ".git"
+# result in a 404 "Not Found" error.
 
-sed -i.previous '/<Directory \"\/var\/www\/html\">/,/<\/Directory>/ s/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+sed -i.previous -e '/<Directory \"\/var\/www\/html\">/,/<\/Directory>/ s/Options Indexes FollowSymLinks/Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks/' -e '/<Directory \"\/var\/www\/html\">/,/<\/Directory>/ s/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All\
+    RedirectMatch 404 \/\\.git/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
 
-# Make sure the web server is running
+# Make sure the web server is running; restart it if it already is, to ensure
+# that it picks up configuration changes we've applied.
 
-echo "Starting HTTP server..."
-systemctl start  httpd.service
+echo "Starting (or restarting) HTTP server..."
+systemctl restart httpd.service
 systemctl enable httpd.service
 
 # Build, install, and start the turn server