Pam Astor wrote: >> That you got a server error is good.> > > Here are the last two log file entries for that httpd request:> > you want to look in the *error* log if you look for errors!> > > > I could not access the site,> > which means exactly what? ;-) > > OK, starting from scratch this morning, > here is the .htaccess file I am using which is inside of the > /home/LinuxAccountName/www directory: > > > <Directory "/home/LinuxAccountName/www">Options NoneAuthName "UserNameIUsedToCreatePasswordWith"AuthType BasicAuthUserFile /home/LinuxAccountName/.htpasswdRequire valid-user</Directory> > www above refers to the root or web directory - the lowest or first or base > directory that is web accessable. > And, this is the error I am getting from my httpd error log for this domain: > > [Sun Apr 20 07:47:40 2008] [alert] [client 75.46.110.14] /home/LinuxAccountName/.htaccess: <Directory not allowed here Remove the <Directory> tag.. a .htaccess file is placed inside a <Directory> tag for the folder it is in automatically.. Consequentially, your .htaccess looks like this to apache: <Directory /home/user/www> <Directory /home/user/www> ... </Directory> </Directory> -- Cheers, Morten