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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another week another challenge...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have setup password protection on our apache
server, using mod_auth_pam. It works!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have set it at the root "/" level which applies
to all sub-directories.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am trying to overwrite this so that a particular
directory is not prompted for a password. It still asks for a password however
after making the following changes to httpd.conf:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><Directory /><BR> Options
FollowSymLinks<BR> AllowOverride
AuthConfig<BR> AuthType
Basic<BR> AuthName "St Vincent's
College Intranet"<BR> require
valid-user<BR></Directory></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><Directory
"/usr/local/apache/htdocs/sport"><BR> Options
FollowSymLinks<BR> AllowOverride None<BR>
Order deny,allow<BR> Allow from
all<BR></Directory></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone see a problem with this. Your expertise
is appreciated...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>