Looking at my own config file, you have three extra characters. No ~ after Files, and no ^\ before .ht. Note that this is on a Windows server and I am aware that there are some differences between Windows and the various unix variants. Jim
---------------------------------------- From: v...@michvhf.com Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 1:55 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: [users@httpd] Files and Require I just upgraded from 2.0.55 to 2.4.20. I'm getting a syntax error on startup on this: <Files ~ "^\.ht"> Require all denied </Files> in the main configuration. Everything I've found in the docs say this is how it's done. Is this supposed to be in a container or something? Thanks! Vince. -- Michigan VHF Corp. http://www.nobucks.net/ http://www.CDupe.com/ http://www.foggymist.com The Foggy Mist Emporium --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org