CentOS-6.5-i86_64 httpd-2.2.15 (CentOS) I have a problem with configuring directory access using groups. We have a site with multiple sub-directories. We have several groups defined. We have the entire site protected at the root by digest authentication and some of the sub-directories protected by: <Directory /protect/directory/path> Require group xxxxx </Directory> All directives are contained in the virtual web site configuration file. We are not using .htaccess files. However, if one can authenticate at the root then one gets access to all the sub-directories regardless of the authenticated user's group membership. How does one configure this so that authentication at the root is still restricted by group membership in the sub-directories? I tried putting a 'Require all denied' directive in the site root along with Require group directives everywhere else but that blocks all access for all users even in the protected directories. No-one can get access. The information I can find through web searching does not reveal to me what my error is. The configuration file looks like this: <Directory /> AuthType Digest AuthName ca.harte-lyne AuthDigestDomain / AuthDigestProvider file AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/access.d/.htdigest AuthGroupFile /var/data/hll_dav/htgroup # Require all denied # Require group staff # AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo Indexes Limit Nonfatal=[] Options # AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all Satisfy All Options Indexes MultiViews IndexOptions FancyIndexing AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 Dav On # No Sever Minimum Timeout on locks - let WebDaV clients decide DAVMinTimeout 0 DAVDepthInfinity Off LimitXMLRequestBody 96000000 </Directory> <Directory /HLL_Operations> Require group management staff </Directory> I have tried replicating the authentication directives in each sub-directory but the result is the same. <Directory /HLL_Administration/Protect> AuthType Digest AuthName ca.harte-lyne AuthDigestDomain /HLL_Administration/Protect AuthDigestProvider file AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/access.d/.htdigest AuthGroupFile /var/data/hll_dav/htgroup Require group protected </Directory> -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx