Exclude specific folder from password protected directory area in Apache

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Exclude specific folder from password protected directory area in Apache

1. Assume your directory structure is /var/www/dir1/dir2/dir3

2. Now your directory dir1 should be password protected & directory dir3 should be unprotected. So do this follow below mentioned steps.

Steps 1. Create virtualhost for password protected dir

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName crucible.crucibletesting.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/dir1"
    <Directory "/var/www/dir1">
            Allow from all
            AllowOverride All
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
            AuthType Basic
            AuthName "password protected area"
            AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
            Require valid-user
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Steps 2. Now add directory tag for unprotected directory in above virtual host

<Directory  "/var/www/dir1/dir2/dir3">
            # All access controls and authentication are disabled
            # in this directory
            Order Deny,Allow
            Allow from all
            Satisfy any
</Directory>

After adding above tag, virtualhost will be look like this.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName crucible.crucibletesting.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/dir1"
    <Directory "/var/www/dir1">
            Allow from all
            AllowOverride All
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
            AuthType Basic
            AuthName "password protected area"
            AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
            Require valid-user
    </Directory>
    <Directory  "/var/www/dir1/dir2/dir3">
            # All access controls and authentication are disabled
            # in this directory
            Order Deny,Allow
            Allow from all
            Satisfy any
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Great how-to article. Just a small point, order does matter ;-)

Does it also work with .htaccess? I dont have access to the VHOST config.