By default, Apache HTTPD shows truncated filenames when displaying directory listings.
CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core), httpd.x86_64, 2.4.6-88.el7.centos, @base
On this version of Apache HTTPD, the solution for showing full filenames is to
nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/autoindex.conf
For a default/standard installation, somewhere near line 16, the file should contain:
IndexOptions FancyIndexing HTMLTable VersionSort
Append “NameWidth=* ” to that line, the result should be:
IndexOptions FancyIndexing HTMLTable VersionSort NameWidth=*
and then systemctl restart httpd to pick up the new config.
As indicated above, my server is using the CentOS Base REPO package for Apache HTTPD, if you’ve installed some other package source, your config might vary. A lot of web posts refer to a “.htaccess” file. My server is an internal yum reposync / http package server for my internal network. It doesn’t even contain an “.htaccess” file. From time to time I use a browser to look thru the repo packages, but truncated filenames make that kinda useless. So now it works.
The other options make the Name, Last Modified, and Size column headers sortable. There’s no indication of that in browser windows, but just click on the column name and it sorts. Much easier to locate big useless font packages for addition to the yum exclude filter.
