Exclude one folder in htaccess protected directory

Question

I have a directory protected by htaccess. Here is the code I use now:

AuthName \"Test Area\"
Require valid-user
AuthUserFile \"/***/.htpasswd\"
AuthType basi         


        

Answer 1

The accepted answer does not seem to run well with new Apache Versions, since it stopped working as soon as Apache Updates were rolled out on some of my customers servers.

I recommend the following approach:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "NO PUBLIC ACCESS"
AuthUserFile /xxx/.htpasswd

SetEnvIf REQUEST_URI "(path/to/directory/)$" ALLOW


  Require env ALLOW
  Require valid-user