I am running Apache version 2.2.4. Having fun too thanks. Currently have a simple setup - HTTP and SSL are working properly. I added basic authentication and i seem to be stuck with the error in the subject. .htaccess contains AuthName "stuf" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /http/conf/theusers require valid-users httpd prompts for the username/password and when a valid user is entered i get the error listed the subject in the error.logs. Invalid users get 'user not found'. So, it makes the determination between valid and invalid users. Just does not seem to recognize a valid user/pass combo. I read the Nov, 2006 email and response regarding the error msg. Not sure that i need this link, I am using FC6. httpd -l lists mod_auth_basic but not mod_auth itself. could that be the problem??? i am sifting through the setup one more time - anyone run into this before? thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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