Can anyone help please? I'm using apache, for our intranet (also using squid, but this is bypassed for local addresses) and want to password protect a folder at... file:/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/ict This equates to http://myipaddress/ict/ on a browser This folder also contains my .htaccess file which contains the following text... <SNIP> AuthType Basic AuthName "ict Dept. Only" AuthUserFile /.htpasswd/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/ict/PASSWD require valid-user </SNIP> I have tried several paths for my Password file(!), but it is now at... file:/.htpasswd/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/ict/ This contains my PASSWD file. I have one password in the format user:password crlf My first attempt for the PASSWD file was... file:/.htpasswd/ict/ Which seemed logical since the ict folder is in the root of the intranet. I can browse directly to http://myipaddress/ict/ from a browser on a networked machine. What am I doing wrong?