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Reply to topic   Topic: LocationMatch - Syntax Error in Regex?
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n8tgc



Joined: 24 Nov 2015
Posts: 2
Location: Manchester, NH
PostPosted: Tue 24 Nov '15 21:35    Post subject: LocationMatch - Syntax Error in Regex? Reply with quote
Have a web frontend on a workstation running Apache 2.4.7 on Ubuntu 14.04. Authentication to the site is enabled and works as desired, as configured below.

Code:

<Directory "/var/www/html/mythweb" >
    AuthType           Digest
    AuthName           "MythTV"
    AuthUserFile       /etc/mythtv/mythweb-digest
    Require            valid-user
    BrowserMatch       "MSIE"      AuthDigestEnableQueryStringHack=On
    Order              allow,deny
    Satisfy            any
...
</Directory>


However, I am attempting to gain "unauthenticated" access to files in a subfolder using the following...

Code:

<LocationMatch .*\/tv_icons\/*.*/>
   Allow from all
</LocationMatch>


Testing the RegEx string shows that it is valid. However when using the URL
http://www.domain.com/folder/subfolder/tv_icons/qubo.png
I am prompted for username/password. Not open access as desired. access.log shows a 401 error.

If I first authenticate, the URL works. However, I would like access to files IN THAT FOLDER without the need to authenticate.

Any suggestions into how I configured LocationMatch incorrectly?

Thanks in advance!
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Jan-E



Joined: 09 Mar 2012
Posts: 1266
Location: Amsterdam, NL, EU
PostPosted: Tue 24 Nov '15 23:43    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#locationmatch

Does not this work:

Code:
<LocationMatch "/tv_icons">
   Allow from all
</LocationMatch>

But maybe you can just use the Location directive.
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n8tgc



Joined: 24 Nov 2015
Posts: 2
Location: Manchester, NH
PostPosted: Wed 25 Nov '15 0:37    Post subject: Solved! Reply with quote
Ok, so I found out that in Apache 2.4 Authentication Configuration changed a little.

I cleaned up a line and added a line...
Code:

    <LocationMatch "/tv_icons">
        Allow from all
        Satisfy Any
    </LocationMatch>



Now works perfectly!
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