Throwing out 404 on index.html with htaccess?

I would like to know if its possible to throw out a 404 for a specific page, specifically the index page to avoid duplicate content. Currently im doing it in PHP like below.

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '/index.php') {
  header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');
  include_once '404.php';
  exit();
}

Code (markup):

And thats fine, but i would just like to know if its possible in htaccess as well. Anyone?

 

sure there is

Redirect /index.htm  http://www.yoursite.com/404.html

Code (markup):

 

You just need to enter the code in .htaccess file provided by secureCP.

That's it!!

 

Gotta love that .htaccess file! So flexible.