It sounds like you are missing the DirectoryIndex directive, this sample from NetBSD2: DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var BZAG ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adrian Cobley wrote: Apologies for a simple question from a Newbie, but I can't find it in the documentation. I've set the DocumentRoot to the directory containing my web pages. But unless I add the <index.htm> to the address I get a 403 Forbidden message! What am I missing? Regards Adrian Cobley --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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