Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:20:19 -0400 Subject: Re: httpd.conf in Suse 6.4 To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM A probable better idea, and one I've seen from RedHat distributions (6.2 is the one I just looked at) is: Alias /doc/ /usr/doc/ <Location /doc> order deny,allow deny from all allow from localhost Options Indexes FollowSymLinks </Location> Unless you want your domain users to have access to these areas, then include the addresses you want to have access. As for a 'packages' directory/alias itself, I'd rem that unless there is a need to have those displayed, in which case .htaccess works. Martin S. Hasemann Systems Administrator http://www.wispinc.com http://www.infogalaxy.com