Hi, Seem to be having trouble getting my RewriteRule correct for authenticating. Cn some one take a look and see what is I am doing wrong here. This is a RHL 5.2, with Apache-1.3.3. The rewrite is the last entry in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf RewriteEngine on RewriteLog /var/log/httpd/ap_rewrite_log RewriteLogLevel 9 RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*) RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/Zope(.*) /cgi-bin/Zope$1 [e=HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION:%1,t=application/x-httpd-cgi,l] The Zope.cgi is located in /home/httpd/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi. This directory is recognized by appache as an cgi directory with this entry in the /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf: <Directory /home/httpd/cgi-bin> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI </Directory> Owner nobody rwxr-xr-x /var/local/zope nobody rwxr-xr-x /var/local/zope/* nobody rwxr-xr-x When I go to /www.ohiocounty.net/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi I get an error 403 Forbidden. Here is what I get in the rewrite log: ( i cut the date and time string) (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /cgi-bin/Zope.cgi (3) applying pattern '^/cgi-bin/Zope(.*)' to uri '/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi' (4) RewriteCond: input='' pattern='^(.*)' => matched (2) rewrite /cgi-bin/Zope.cgi -> /cgi-bin/Zope.cgi (5) setting env variable 'HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION' to '' (2) remember /cgi-bin/Zope.cgi to have MIME-type 'application/x-httpd-cgi'(2) local path result: /cgi-bin/Zope.cgi (2) prefixed with document_root to /home/httpd/html/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi (1) go-ahead with /home/httpd/html/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi[OK] (1) force filename /home/httpd/html/cgi-bin to have MIME-type 'application/x-httpd-cgi' Thanks in advance :-) -- robert canary system services OhioCounty.Net rwcanary@ohiocounty.net (270)298-9331 Office (270)298-7449 Fax