blackwater dev wrote: > <snip> > [Thu Sep 15 04:28:12 2005] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down > [Thu Sep 15 04:28:15 2005] [notice] Apache/2.0.52 (Unix) PHP/5.0.3 > configured -- resuming normal operations It means : ok. now I'm working. > can someone shed some light on all this? You first. *what* are you trying to do? > Why can't I use .htaccess files Dude! In your whole post you haven't said one single thing about .htaccess, there is no trace of what you added to .htaccess, what do you want to achieve and what is not working! Davide -- Q: What's the difference between Windows 95 and a highly destructive virus? A: About 90 MB of hard disk space. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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