i have installed apache 2.0 on a w2k3 domain-controller and tried to use the userdir directive in httpd.conf UserDir "web" <Directory "D:/userhome/*/web"> AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Limit> <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND> Order deny,allow Deny from all </LimitExcept> </Directory> anybody knows why http://localhost/~new/ does not work for the directory d:\userhome\new\web\index.html ???? need some php-functionality there and it would be easier for me - i thought - to solve this with the apache and not with IIS6 thx Robert probst@graphische.at