Require authentication in root directory only

<Location> / <Directory>?

[booyabazooka]

My personal server consists of a bunch of directories with downloads I can give people links to; but I would like to password protect the root directory so only I can view the index list of every directory.

It's easy to find instructions for requiring authentication for specific subdirectories; how can I just restrict the root diretory and allow open access to all of the subdirectories?

[jdMorgan]

Man, I hate authentication problems... But no-one else seems to have answered.

You could try putting a 'satisfy any' and an 'Allow from all' in the subdirectories you want to keep open -- that's my best guess.

Jim

[booyabazooka]

Well, how do you apply ANYTHING to a root directory and leave all subdirectories untouched? Is there just no easy solution?

[lemat]

I belive the quick solutions are the best.

put .htaccess in root directory allowing you and denying everyone else,
and put in each subdirectories .htaccess allowing all users to get contents.

or try:

<Directory /your root>
some access for you here
</Directory>

<Directory /your root/*/>
allow all users here
</Directory>

maybe the * sign will do the trick.