Hi again,similar issue with .htaccess and .htpasswd - a simple symlink and Apache happily serves the file(s) so the following lines don't really prevent this.
--- 8< --- # # The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being # viewed by Web clients. # <FilesMatch "^\.ht"> Require all denied </FilesMatch> --- 8< --- And btw: why not this? --- 8< --- <FilesMatch "^\.(htaccess|htpasswd)"> --- 8< --- Regards, Oliver