permission problems with apache 2.0.39

i got apache 2.0.39 running and i have my config so that fancyindexing is on, so when i go to a dir, i get the contents... not some 403: not permitted error... which is exactly what i get... i would love to know how to unset this

i think it might be that my root is set up like this:

<Directory />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Directory>

so that my public (www) inherits the deny attribute... but i don't know how to un-that attribute the www folder without changing the root permissions