I have a Windows 2003 AD, Apache 2.0 with mod_auth_ldap, If I try to get /private I have the following error: auth_ldap authenticate: user yyyyy authentication failed; URI /private [ldap_search_ext_s() for user failed][Operations error] configuration error: couldn't check user. No user file?: /private If I get /adm All is ok My configuration is: Alias /adm /WEB/srv_info/admin <DirectoryMatch /srv_info/admin> AllowOverride AuthConfig Order Allow,Deny Allow From All AuthAuthoritative Off AuthLDAPAuthoritative Off AuthLDAPURL ldap://<server>.<domain>.eseo.fr:389/OU=admins,DC =<domain>,DC=eseo,DC=fr?sAMAccountName?sub?(objectClass=user) AuthLDAPBindDN cn=<user>,dc=<domain>,dc=eseo,dc=fr AuthLDAPBindPassword xxxxxxxx AuthType Basic AuthName "Restricted Admin Directory" require user yyyyy Options -FollowSymLinks +Multiviews </DirectoryMatch> Alias /private /WEB/srv_info/private/phpBB2 <DirectoryMatch /srv_info/private/phpBB2> Options -FollowSymLinks +Multiviews AllowOverride AuthConfig Order Allow,Deny Allow From All AuthAuthoritative Off AuthLDAPAuthoritative Off AuthLDAPURL ldap://<server>.<domain>.eseo.fr:389/DC =<domain>,DC=eseo,DC=fr?sAMAccountName?sub?(objectClass=user) AuthLDAPBindDN cn=<user>,dc=<domain>,dc=eseo,dc=fr AuthLDAPBindPassword xxxxxxxx AuthType Basic AuthName "Restricted private Directory" require valid-user AuthUserFile /acces/.srvadm1 </DirectoryMatch> Please help me Best regards, ------------------------------------------- Emmanuel SCIEUR - IT department ESEO 4, rue Merlet de la Boulaye BP30926 - 49009 Angers Cedex 1 - FRANCE Email: emmanuel.scieur@xxxxxxx Tél. +33 (0)2 41 86 67 85 ------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx