hi guys , I need your help... I want to use .htaccess file to protect a directory to allow specific IP. actually, I already did that every thing is ok but not perfect! the directory is protected as the path but it's not work well as a subdomain ! It's Ok when I entered : http//:www.exampledomain.com/vb/admin but it's not Work if I entered as subdomain: http//:vb.exampledomain.com/admin I use this .htaccess file AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName "Admin Area" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /home/****/domains/exampledomain.com/.htpasswd/public_html/vb/admin/.htpasswd require valid-user Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On Order deny,allow Deny from all # allow my Ip Allow from ***the Ip*** PHP: I search that I can use : AuthType Digest and use : AuthDigestDomain/ http://www.exampledomain.com/vb/admin/ http://vb.domain.com/admin/ How can I use this ? and where can I find the .htpasswd file that created after using Password Protection ? Regards & waiting for your reply