I maintain a 2.2 server and am building a 2.4 one. I have a file in a sites-enabled directory containing all the directives I need to define security for my open and password-protected directories. There is an "include" directive in the master configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. httpd -t tells me the syntax is OK. I know it's reading the included config file because there was an error in it which 'httpd -t' found and which I fixed. The open-access area works fine, but the password-protected one doesn't. Here's the "Directory" block for the non-working one, with pathnames replaced with the generic "MyDir": <Directory /MyDir> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all AuthType Basic AuthName "My Area" AuthBasicProvider file AuthUserFile /MyDir/.htpasswd require valid-user </Directory> Any thoughts greatly appreciated, with my thanks in advance. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx