On 7/14/05, Dan Lyons <Dan.Lyons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We have Apache running on a win2k server, with a mapped drive to a directory > on a Sun server(also running Apache). Using VirtualHost, we have made the > mapped drive our document root to the network shared drive: > > <VirtualHost ourDNSname:80> > ServerAdmin ouradmin@xxxxxxxxxxx > DocumentRoot H: > ServerName ourDNSname > <Directory "H:\"> > AllowOverride None > order allow,deny > allow from all > </Directory> > </VirtualHost> > > ....However, whenever we go to http://ourDNSname/anydirectory we get a > 403-Forbidden error. In error.log I get the error: > > <date time> [crit] [client ipaddress] (22)Invalid Argument: h:/.htaccess > pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable > > I am a novice where Apache and configuring httpd.conf is concerned, but I > was under the impression that "AllowOverride None" would cause Apache to not > look for .htaccess, which in any case is not there. Can anyone recommend > any solution to keep Apache from looking for a .htaccess file? Your base assumption is correct. Apache won't check for .htaccess when AllowOverride is none. I'm not sure what the exact problem here is, but as a first guess I would use forward-slashes instead of back-slashes in all pathnames: H:/. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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