Did you make sure your scan included all .htaccess files. Depending on the syntax you ran to "scan" your Apache directory, it may not have scanned your .htaccess files. I am thinking one of these files may contain a reference to that file. --- Nathan Kellogg <apache@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We were using basic auth fine until several days ago > when we started > getting this error: > > [error] [client 10.1.1.103] (OS 3)The system cannot > find the path > specified. : Could not open password file: > C:/home/herbert/.access > > > I don't understand why Apache is looking for this > file. It is certainly > not in any of the configuration. 'herbert' was one > of the usernames but I > have double checked by scanning the > entire Apache2 directory and nothing found for this > word except the error > message. NO idea what c:/home/ is ! > > > Here is the conf: > > <Directory "c:/dobsys/htdocs/"> > > Options FollowSymLinks > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > > AuthType Basic > AuthName "Family Only" > AuthUserFile c:/dobsys/passwords > Require valid user > > </Directory> > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered! > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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