Remove .htpasswd protection from a subfolder

Question

I have protected my root folder using .htpasswd

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Access"
AuthUserFile /home/a1199104/public_html/.htpasswd
Require user lamak

The above code deny access to my whole site/folder/subfolder, I have a subfolder public It has some public files .I want anyone to access this folder and files without password protection, is this possible.?

Answer 1

You can use SetEnv and Order directive to remove password protection :

Try :

#set env variable noauth if uri is "/public/files"
SetEnvIf Request_URI ^/public/ noauth=1

#auth
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Access"
AuthUserFile /home/a1199104/public_html/.htpasswd
Require user lamak

 #Here is where we allow/deny
Order Deny,Allow
Satisfy any
Deny from all
Require user lamak
Allow from env=noauth