Hi, When I use the mod_access directives to limit access to certain files or commands, they just seem to be ignored. For example, to disable downloading of .htaccess and .htpasswd files I use the (almost) standard rules of: --- example --- <Files ~ "^\.ht"> Order allow,deny Deny from all Satisfy all </Files> --- /example --- As far as I know this should disallow anyone (including users logging in through HTTP AUTH) to open the .ht* files. But if I try to download them, they can be opened. The same problem goes for any other access limiting based on IP. --- server info (first part of mod_info) --- Apache Server Information Server Settings, mod_dav_fs.c, mod_dav.c, mod_suexec.c, mod_rewrite.c, mod_python.c, mod_perl.c, mod_php5.c, mod_ssl.c, mod_info.c, mod_userdir.c, mod_status.c, mod_setenvif.c, mod_negotiation.c, mod_mime.c, mod_log_config.c, mod_include.c, mod_expires.c, mod_env.c, mod_dir.c, mod_cgi.c, mod_autoindex.c, mod_auth_dbm.c, mod_auth.c, mod_alias.c, mod_actions.c, mod_access.c, mod_so.c, http_core.c, prefork.c, core.c Server Version: Apache/2.0.53 (Linux/SUSE) Server Built: Aug 30 2006 13:14:23 API Version: 20020903:9 --- /server info (first part of mod_info) --- I'm running Suse 9.3 and don't want to change OS or upgrade to a newer version (of the OS as well as Apache), so I hope someone can find a solution without having to do this. Thanks in advance, Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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