Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.mysite\.ws$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mysite.ws/$1 [R=301,L] This works except when I go to www.mysite.ws/admin/ then I get A 401 error. /admin/ is password protected using a separate htaccess. Any Suggestion what I am doing wrong? Thanks