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I'm currently upgrading to Apache 2.4.

What puzzles me right now is how to create a public subdirectory using .htaccess only. The outer directory is protected by AuthType Basic

Previously, the directory contained the following .htaccess:

Satisfy Any Allow from all

I'm at a loss at how to reproduce this in Apache 2.4. I tried any combination of the following, without luck:

AuthType None Require all granted AuthMerging Or
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  • What exactly is the problem you're seeing ? What error messages do you see, what did you expect, are there any relevant log messages ? Commented Feb 16, 2014 at 6:42
  • Expected behavior: No login prompt upon accessing the subdirectory. Actual: Login prompt. Commented Feb 16, 2014 at 14:30

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I tested this here and it works for me. Check that the .htaccess file is being read for each directory; perhaps enable authentication on the subdirectory temporarily with a different AuthName so you can verify.

Here's my setup, in case you find it useful. The directory with auth enabled is authtest; its subdirectory noauth has authentication disabled.

$ /usr/sbin/apache2 -v Server version: Apache/2.4.7 (Debian) Server built: Jan 2 2014 01:47:52 $ cat /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/allow-htaccess-authtest.conf <Directory /var/www/html/authtest> AllowOverride AuthConfig </Directory> $ cat /var/www/html/authtest/.htaccess AuthType Basic AuthName "ahoy hoy" AuthUserFile /home/fission/htpasswd Require valid-user $ cat /var/www/html/authtest/noauth/.htaccess AuthType None Require all granted

That syntax was pulled directly from the Apache docs for mod_authn_core

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    Thanks, this indeed does work. In the meantime, I checked everything again and found I had the authentication defined twice, in .htaccess and also in a <Location "/"> block in the virtual host config. According to this page, <Location> takes precedence over (almost) everything. Which is why I was unable to override it using .htaccess. Commented Feb 16, 2014 at 16:06

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