Listmates, I think I am doing this right, but it doesn't work. I have a "Directory" covered by "AuthType" Basic that I want to cause an non-secure (http:) access attempts to be rewritten to secure (https:) access. I am using the Directory definition to set up the rewrite instead of using .htaccess. The rewrite would work the same either way. mod_rewrite.c is loaded and happy. Here is what I have so far in the Directory definition to try and accomplish this: Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks # RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /dcr # SSLOptions +StrictRequire SSLRequireSSL SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "www.3111skyline.com/dcr" ErrorDocument 403 default # RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L] What happens is that upon trying to access the url, you are immediately rewritten to https:, but you are not directed back to /dcr, instead you end up at the home page for the site in secure mode. ( https://www.3111skyline.com ) So it is nearly working, but not quite. I am a noob at this rewriting stuff. Do any of you veterans have an ideas what is going wrong or where I should look for answers? The only error in the log is: [Fri Jun 06 01:23:21 2008] [error] [client 192.168.6.101] access to /srv/www/dcr/ failed, reason: SSL connection required But, from my understanding, this isn't a problem because this occurs at the SSLRequire stage which is just a log of the attempted access by http: before redirection to https: occurs. Thanks for any help you can offer. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org