this is the /etc/apache2/sites-availiable/my.homedns.org file. #Basic Setup ServerAdmin webmaster@my.homedns.org ServerName www.my.homedns.org DocumentRoot /var/www/my.homedns.org/docs Order Deny,Allow Allow from all # don't show indexes for directories Options -Indexes #provide an alias to phpmyadmin Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/local/php5/phpMyAdmin-2.8.2/ #restrict phpmyadmin access to just my workstation #Order Deny,Allow #Deny from all #allow from 192.168.x.x #allow from all Order Deny,Allow Allow from all