How-to exclude subdirs when password protecting dirs via .htaccess

[linuxtricks]

The subject line says everything. =)

I need to know how to _exclude_ all of the subdirectories when I enable password protection on a particular directory using a .htaccess file.

[red]If I enable password protection on:
domain.com/dir1/

-I do not want to be prompted to enter a password when I access:
domain.com/dir1/dir2/[/red]

My .htaccess file looks like this:

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AuthName "PRIVATE AREA"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/some/dir/users
AuthGroupFile /usr/local/apache/some/dir/groups

require group private
---------------------

Many thnx!

I HATE BEING A NEWBIE!
-grumpy smurf

 

[Euripedes]

There is no way to do that.