hi there, what i'm trying to do is set apache so that when i user trys to access there home directory http://www.example.com/~username they have to enter there password/username? without adding in each home directory into my httpd.conf file and then adding require valid username is there a way i can do this automatically? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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