How to exclude directory from password protected directory in Apache

by Artur on Mar.12, 2009, under Sysadmin

I had a problem lately with password protected directory using Apache2 mod_auth. I had to serve one directory inside of password protected directory without any restrictions.

This is how to set it up in Apache2:

<Directory />
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted area"
AuthUserFile /home/artur/.apache_users
require valid-user
AllowOverride AuthConfig
</Directory>

So now if you want to allow unrestricted access to passfree in root dir of web server just add this:

<Location "/passfree">
Satisfy Any
</Location>

Simple eh?!