Hi Roy,
Sorry to sound ignorant, but how would hard/soft links help?

There is just one subdirectory that i dont want the authentication to be
applied to.
eg) /research <- root directory with basic authentication
/research/tests <- subdirectory that i dont want authentication on.

Is there a way to prevent the authentication i apply to the research folder
following down to the tests directory too?

Thanks again

Jus

"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
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> __/ [Justin] on Thursday 08 September 2005 15:49 \__
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Just having a few issues with authentication on my server.
>> I am trying to apply basic authentication to my root directory, but not
>> all of the sub-directories. How can i apply authentication to only the
>> root?
>>
>> Anyone got any tips?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Justin
>
> Have you considered using some hard or soft links, re-directing from root
> directory or relocating its content (transparently) to a subfolder that
> requires authentication to access? You can deny access to everything in
> the
> root directory and shift its public content in a way that does not expose
> the structure, e.g. URL re-writes...
>
> Roy
>
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