Hello, I have spent the last few days trying to find a solution for this, but to no avail. I have directories that contain IP addresses. /171.35.110.12_some_characters /172.30.97.4_some_other_random_characters Now I would like to only allow access to a folder in .htaccess when the referer IP address matches the first part of the directory name. Basically: <Directory /171.35.110.12_*> Order Deny,Allow Deny from All Allow from 171.35.110.12 </Directory> I reckon it'd be a bit of an overkill if I created an entry for every possible IP address. ;) Is it somehow possible to automate this restriction by using some sort of variables? Something like this, to catch all existing folders: <Directory /($REFERER_IP)_*> Order Deny,Allow Deny from All Allow from ($REFERER_IP) </Directory> If it's possible to do it, what would the exact syntax look like? 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