Hello, everyone, I am able to view .htaccess and .htpasswd files on my development server from within a Web browser. My understanding is that the following configuration directive, which is included in the default configuration file, should prevent this: ----------------------- # # The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being # viewed by Web clients. # <Files ".ht*"> Require all denied </Files> ----------------------- I have made very few changes to the default configuration file; it is almost entirely "stock". Apache's mod_info output mentions the string "*.ht" only once, on line 291 (apologies for the text wrapping), so it seems that the directive is indeed effective: ----------------------- Module Name: mod_authz_core.c Content handlers: none Configuration Phase Participation: Create Directory Config, Merge Directory Configs, Create Server Config Request Phase Participation: Check Access, Verify User Access Module Directives: <AuthzProviderAlias> - container for grouping an authorization provider's directives under a provider alias Require - specifies authorization directives which one must pass (or not) for a request to suceeed <RequireAll> - container for grouping authorization directives of which none must fail and at least one must pass for a request to succeed <RequireAny> - container for grouping authorization directives of which one must pass for a request to succeed <RequireNone> - container for grouping authorization directives of which none must pass for a request to succeed AuthMerging - controls how a <Directory>, <Location>, or similar directive's authorization directives are combined with those of its predecessor AuthzSendForbiddenOnFailure - Controls if an authorization failure should result in a '403 FORBIDDEN' response instead of the HTTP-conforming '401 UNAUTHORIZED' Current Configuration: In file: C:/Program Files/apache/conf/httpd.conf 233: <Directory /> 235: Require all denied : </Directory> 251: <Directory "C:/Users/Ben/Documents/Apache"> 276: Require all granted : </Directory> 291: <Files ".ht*"> 292: Require all denied : </Files> 383: <Directory "C:/Program Files/apache/cgi-bin"> 386: Require all granted : </Directory> In file: C:/Program Files/apache/conf/auth.conf 19: <Location /> 23: Require valid-user : </Location> In file: C:/Program Files/apache/conf/httpd.conf 638: <Location /server-info> 639: Require all granted : </Location> ----------------------- I must be overlooking something obvious here, and any help is much appreciated. Thank you! -Ben --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx