I have everything set-up and working beuatifully but I cannot get anyone to log-in to protected area...noone. maybe I misread the manual...am I supposed to create the .htaccess file and drop it in the protected directory via ftp? first off Mac OS X won't let you save anything with a .in front of the file, secondly when I drop in a htaccess file and the manually change it .htaccess, after I attempt a login the file is magically deleted or I get error 500 that the script has crashed. hhere is the code I put in the text file: AuthType Basic AuthName "Members Only" AuthUserFile /home/blackhat/public_html/www/amember/data/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /home/blackhat/public_html/www/amember/data/.htgroup Require valid-user I am trying to protcte the directory /amember/data/stream/ (i also tried writing /home/blackhat/public_html/www/amember/data/stream/.htpasswd Will I need to re-enter current users once this is corrected? Lost