On 10/22/05, Dan Trainor <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, all - > > I'm looking for a way to disable Apache's ability to secure a directory > using the .htaccess method of 'require valid-user'. > > Would it be possible to enable/disable this functionality based on an > enviornment variable, for a specific user? I'm not terribly keen on > Apache's conditional syntax, but I've seen directives for "Ifmodule" in > the past, and I'm wondering if the same style of syntax can be used to > surround a 'require valid-user' directive in Apache, to enable-disable > it for specific users, on the fly. This question doesn't make any sense to me. "Require valid-user" means require an authenticated user. How could you disable that for a specific user without first authenticating to find out who the user is? Can you explain a little more clearly what you are trying to do? Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx