Hi list, I'm setting up a new vhost and have this error currently : [Fri Apr 15 10:17:37 2011] [crit] [client 62.73.7.64] configuration error: couldn't check access. Check your 'Require' directive: / [Fri Apr 15 10:17:37 2011] [crit] [client 62.73.7.64] configuration error: couldn't check access. Check your 'Require' directive: /favicon.ico Apache version : # # httpd -v Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (FreeBSD) Server built: Apr 15 2011 09:54:07 System version : # uname -a FreeBSD files.domain.tld 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC 2011root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 vhost config : <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdminadmin@xxxxxxxxxx DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/files ServerName files.domain.tld <Directory /usr/local/www/files> Order allow,deny Allow from all AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /dev/null AuthBasicAuthoritative Off AuthName "files repository authentication" AuthMySQLHost fqdn.domain.tld AuthMySQLDB DBName AuthMySQLUserTable T_FTPUsers AuthMySQLUser UserName AuthMySQLPassword Password AuthMySQLNameField str_username AuthMySQLPasswordField str_password_md5 AuthMySQLPwEncryption md5 require valid-user </Directory> # LogLevel debug ErrorLog "|/usr/local/sbin/rotatelogs -l /var/log/apache/files-errors.log.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M 5M" # LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" all # CustomLog "|/usr/local/sbin/rotatelogs -l /var/log/apache/files-access.log.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M 86400" all </VirtualHost> I checked the modules compiled : # grep AUTH /var/db/ports/apache22/options WITH_AUTH_BASIC=true WITHOUT_AUTH_DIGEST=true WITH_AUTHN_FILE=true WITHOUT_AUTHN_DBD=true WITHOUT_AUTHN_DBM=true WITH_AUTHN_ANON=true WITH_AUTHN_DEFAULT=true WITH_AUTHN_ALIAS=true WITH_AUTHZ_HOST=true WITH_AUTHZ_GROUPFILE=true WITH_AUTHZ_USER=true WITHOUT_AUTHZ_DBM=true WITH_AUTHZ_OWNER=true WITH_AUTHZ_DEFAULT=true WITHOUT_AUTHNZ_LDAP=true If I try a wrong login : [Fri Apr 15 11:08:35 2011] [error] [client 62.73.7.64] user soad: password mismatch: / Without critical error, so the authentication is correct. I tried to set : "require user userx" : same problem As far as I searched on google I found errors due to (not) loaded modules, but I think I have all the modules I need. Any advice is welcome, Thx, -- Bastien Semene Administrateur Réseau& Système Cyanide Studio - FRANCE --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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