Oddly enough, httpd.conf does not show "AllowOverride" anywhere... This is really baffling! Gerry On 12/22/05, Boyle Owen <Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > > > The error log says ".htaccess: order not allowed here"... > > 1) Your resource is a script (hence the error 500) - it's easier to debug if it's a plain file. > 2) Your Allow directives are in a .htaccess file - it's easier to debug if they're in a Directory block in the main config. > 3) The error above implies that you have an "AllowOverride" in the main config which is disabling the use of .htaccess files (eg, AllowOverride none). > > What I guess is happening is that the AllowOverride in the main config is disabling the .htacces so your Allow/Deny directives don't have any effect. The request gets in but then the script that's supposed to run is failing for an unconnected reason. > > Probably if you remove AllowOverride, it'll "work" (ie, allow some addresses, deny others) but you really should read up on the docs for the directives mentioned. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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