You definately need to remove the limit clause That clause iat best s meaningless given your previous post, and if the config changes elsewhere your server or data would be at risk. You probably have a server wide limitexcept clause which bans the other verbs or some other permissions lock down, but just to be clear the limit clause is NOT what youi want ;) Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Pam Astor <pamastor@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:00:35 To:<users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: .htaccess for script aliased directories SOLVED! Thanks so much Danie! I think the problem was the fact that I was not using double quotes for my path in the <Directory> Tag. I saw your earlier post - noticed you had them, added them in, and set the path again to the script aliased path and it worked fine. I was able to get it working with this simple tag: <Directory "usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin">AuthName "MembersOnly"AuthType BasicAuthUserFile "/home/userdir/htpasswd"Require user coderAllowOverride AuthConfig</Directory> I had a hunch it was something simple. Thanks so much! I just setup awstats a few weeks ago and this setting works for me in the <VirtualHost>: Alias /awstatsclasses "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/classes/" Alias /awstatscss "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/css/" Alias /icon "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/icon/" ScriptAlias /awstats/ "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/" # # This is to permit URL access to scripts/files in AWStats directory. # <Directory "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot"> Options None AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin"> AuthUserFile "/usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/mypasswordfile" AuthName "Awstats" AuthType Basic <Limit GET POST> require valid-user </Limit> Options None AllowOverride AuthConfig Order deny,allow deny from all allow from 216.130.212 allow from 216.130.209 allow from 216.130.213 Satisfy any </Directory>skill meets World Series. Get in the game. <http://club.live.com/word_slugger.aspx?icid=word_slugger_wlhm_admod_april08> ----------------Express yourself wherever you are. Mobilize!