On 2/9/06, Norman Timmler <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > i cannot get a solution. One more try to get help from you. > > What i want is authenticate everybody who is accessing my website, but > no authentication if URL starts with /public (by the way, the URLs are completely virtual and have no physical analogy): > > <Location ~ "^/"> > Order deny,allow > Deny from all > Allow from .myhost.com > AuthType Basic > AuthName "Tell me..." > AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd > AuthGroupFile /etc/apache2/.htgroups > Require group admins > Satisfy Any > </Location> > <Location ~ "^/public"> > Order deny,allow > Allow from all > Satisfy Any > </Location> > > I've tried a lot of different combinations, but this one looks like the > clearest to me. But it is not working at all :( What version are you using? Satsify behavior has changed slightly over the latest versions. Have you tried keeping the "Satsify all/Allow from all" in the top section and only putting Satisfy any in the bottom section? 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