http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/BypassAuthenticationOrAuthorizationRequirements
Check the Satisfy directive. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Dennis Putnam <d...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Sometimes the config file seems like black magic and I am no magician. I > have a password required for one of my directories but I need for a > couple of files to be unprotected. The authorization works just fine but > it also requires authorization for the FilesMatch files. Here is my > config file for that directory: > > <Directory "/var/www/html/cufs"> > AuthName "xxxxxxxxx" > AuthType Basic > AuthMySQLUser xxxxxxxx > AuthMySQLPassword xxxxxxxxx > AuthMySQLEnable on > AuthMySQLPwEncryption scrambled > AuthMySQLDB cufsalumni > AuthMySQLUserTable alumni > AuthMySQLNameField username > AuthMySQLPasswordField pwdp > require valid-user > <FilesMatch "index.htm,cufslogin.html,cufsregister.php"> > allow from all > </FilesMatch> > </Directory> > > Is there some directive I need to add to turn off authentication for > these files? Thanks. > >