On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Jakov Sosic <jakov.sosic@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > > I have a following config: > > <Location /> > Â Order allow,deny > Â Allow from all > Â AuthType basic > Â AuthName "Password Required" > Â AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/htpasswd > Â Require valid-user > </Location> > > Now, I want to allow access to location /somethingelse. Is that possible > somehow? For example, tu put this in configuration: > > <Location /somethingelse> > Â Allow from all > </Location> > > This does not work. It seems that locations cannot be chained like > directories. So can I achieve this somehow? > > Problem that I have is: i must defend location "/" with authentication, > and for authentication I use mod_auth_memcookie with local PHP files > which must be accessible by world if I want the authentication to > work... So chicken and egg problem - if I don't defend /, I can access > /somethingelse and authorize, if I defend /, I cannot access > /somethingelse and because of that I cannot authenticate :( > > > Apache 2.2 on CentOS 5.5 > > This is covered in the docs: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#require gives this exact case as an example (you're missing a 'Satisfy Any' in the 2nd block). Cheers Tom Cheers Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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