(A basic question I assume) For this configuration: ### 1. Order Deny,Allow 2. Deny from all 3. Allow from dev.example.com ### This actually says: 1. By default allow access to everyone (because it's deny, allow) 2. Now deny from everyone. 3. Now allow only to dev.example.com. So at the end, only users from dev.example.com will receive access to the path, correct ? If so, why use deny then allow, wouldn't this produce the same result? ### 1. Order Allow,Deny 2. Allow from dev.example.com ### And at general, do I always need use deny & allow, or can I just use one of them (like deny) because Apache by default allows access to everyone, isn't this the case? Could someone please clarify things a bit, I'm quite confused with this deny,allow combinations. also, for this, are the two similar? ### <Directory /docroot> Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from env=let_me_in </Directory> ### ### <Directory /docroot> Order Allow,Deny Allow from env=let_me_in Deny from all </Directory> ### Thank you very much. -- Cheers, Maxim Vexler (hq4ever). Do u GNU ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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