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We are running apache 2.2.6 on a Linux maxchine.

We have the following code in our httpd.conf file

<FilesMatch "confRegistrationFormDisplay.py">
    AuthUserFile /WWW/httpd/conf/.htpasswd
    AuthName "HP2010 Web Site"
    AuthType Basic
    <Limit GET>
    require user organizer
    </Limit>
</FilesMatch>
</Directory >

Every time someone goes to http://www1.weizmann.ac.il/MaKaC/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py the person is indeed asked for a user name and password. However, http://www1.weizmann.ac.il/MaKaC/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py really takes parameters e.g.

http://www1.weizmann.ac.il/MaKaC/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py?confid=2

and what I really want to do is require a password only for certain parameter values. So

http://www1.weizmann.ac.il/MaKaC/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py?confid=2 would require a user and password but

http://www1.weizmann.ac.il/MaKaC/confRegistrationFormDisplay.py?confid=3 would not require a user and password.

When I tried adding ?confid=3 to the <FilesMatch> directive, it did not work.

Is there any way to do this?

thanks for any information.

Malka Cymbalista
Webmaster, Weizmann Institute of Science
malki.cymbalista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
08-934-3036