autoindex dropping non-accessible files?

Apache 2.0 seems to drop/hide files it has no access to
while autoindexing a plain directory.
I do not know this from Apache 1.3, though...

In fact, I'd like to show _all_ the files to an anonymous user,
regardless of the actual access permission of user or server.
And I only want to popup a login request when it comes to an
actual download request of a file (*.jpg or so).

I've tried a lot, but could not get it work... :-(
Any ideas how to do achieve this?

Tim

> > Apache 2.0 seems to drop/hide files it has no access to
> > while autoindexing a plain directory.
>
> That does make some kind of sense since there is no reason for him to
> show a file that can't be accessed and he does that trought the
normal
> filesystem permissions, so if he can't access the file he can't show
him
> either.

Ok...

> > In fact, I'd like to show _all_ the files to an anonymous user,
> > regardless of the actual access permission of user or server.
>
> Then use a server-side script to bypass the permissions, but be aware
that
> you're seriously lowering the security of your system in doing so.

That's what I want to avoid.

I just want show all potentially available files and let apache only
ask for
a login if it comed to download.
I managed that perfectly on Apache 1.3 with something like that:

<files ~ *.jpg>
require user tim
</files>

The directory is then still viewable by anonymous and the login just
pops up on demand.

TIm