> <LocationMatch "/admin/*"> This matches a URL with /admin anywhere inside of it, followed by 0 or more slashes. So it matches and overrides your <Directory> block. No regex or wildcard is required for what you probably intended (Location /admin/), but if you use a regex and intend it to match things that "start with" the arg, you have to anchor with ^. You also need to get the wildcard right (* modifies what comes before it, e.g. .*) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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