HTTP Basic Auth Exclude Single File

Question

Part of my .htaccess file looks like this-

AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
AuthName \"Authorization Required\"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user

Answer 1

With Apache 2.4 you may want to use Require instead:

    Require all granted

In 2.2, access control based on client hostname, IP address, and other characteristics of client requests was done using the directives Order, Allow, Deny, and Satisfy.

In 2.4, such access control is done in the same way as other authorization checks, using the new module mod_authz_host. The old access control idioms should be replaced by the new authentication mechanisms, although for compatibility with old configurations, the new module mod_access_compat is provided.