There's absolutely no need to use .htaccess (or other named files that serve the same purpose), and in fact the general recommendation is to avoid them unless you are forced to give away configuration privileges to third parties (e.g. web developers) Read here http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html -----Original Message----- From: Vijay A Raghavan [mailto:rva_ec@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 7:50 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [users@httpd] .htaccess file alternative Hello All, How do give permission to httpd - to access a directory without using a .htacess file. Thanks, Vijay --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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