----- Original Message ----- > you have rules in htaccess subverting your rules in httpd.conf. Hmm, in httpd.conf I have the following directives for the root directory: # <Directory /> Options None AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Deny from all </Directory> # # Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow # particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as # you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it # below. # # # This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to. # <Directory "/www"> Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks -Includes -MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all <LimitExcept GET POST> deny from all </LimitExcept> </Directory> Do they flow down to the virtuals underneath then ? I used http://security-24-7.com/hardening-guide-for-apache-2-2-15-on-redhat-5-4-64bit-edition/ to help lock down the server. Very sorry for my lack of knowledge. -- Thanks, Phil --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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