Hello I just installed zope & plone. zope - ver 2.7.3 cmf - 1.5.0 plone 2.0.4 python 2.3.4 etcUserFolder - 1.2.0 I created a folder (auth/) in plone (csse/), and used etcUserFolder to validate users. Who ever I have in the password file I can see them under /csse/auth/acl_users (not editable mode), so far so good. Default role - tech (I defined it earlier) Authentication type standard basic I created a index.html file under folder auth/ and I did the following changes in the auth/ security 1) unchecked acquire for permission view 2) checked view permission for role tech so that when you try to view the the index.html it's ask for authentication, but it keep failing!!! Any help PLEASE!! thanks -- warm regards Vinita Vigine Murugiah Email : vinita@cs.mu.oz.au Ph : (03) 8344 1273