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author | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2009-10-16 13:55:17 +0000 |
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committer | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2009-10-16 13:55:17 +0000 |
commit | 3d47d2cc415da1671d7cb8e3502f3ed645914de6 (patch) | |
tree | 5f39f0390ccc4c07d045e60c5e57d37f7c3adedc /docs/manual/mod/mod_access_compat.html.en | |
parent | 5cd544aef2286c7ba0bdce32d498090d47500ad3 (diff) | |
download | httpd-3d47d2cc415da1671d7cb8e3502f3ed645914de6.tar.gz |
Adds the frequently-requested example of relaxing authentication for a
subdirectory. Whether this is actually a *good* idea is left as an
exercise for the reader.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@825898 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_access_compat.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_access_compat.html.en index a04c297f6b..a91adab23f 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_access_compat.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_access_compat.html.en @@ -414,6 +414,26 @@ later</td></tr> Satisfy Any </code></p></div> + <p> + Another frequent use of the <code class="directive">Satisfy</code> directive + is to relax access restrictions for a subdirectory: + </p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + <Directory /var/www/private><br /> + Require valid-user<br /> + </Directory><br /> + <br /> + <Directory /var/www/private/public><br /> + Allow from all<br /> + Satisfy Any<br /> + </Directory> + </code></p></div> + + <p>In the above example, authentication will be required for the + <code>/var/www/private</code> directory, but will not be required + for the <code>/var/www/private/public</code> directory.</p> + <p>Since version 2.0.51 <code class="directive">Satisfy</code> directives can be restricted to particular methods by <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limit"><Limit></a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limitexcept"><LimitExcept></a></code> sections.</p> |