This seems like it could be a FAQ, but I haven't found any answers:

I need to enable "basic" http authentication, but only from clients not
belonging to a certain IP range. The idea is to enable access to some
content from an internal network without authentication but to require
it if the client is external.

I tried making a simple script for mod_auth_external but even enabling
the "AuthType basic" config directive forces authentication...

Can this be done?

* Ivan Voras wrote:

> This seems like it could be a FAQ, but I haven't found any answers:
>
> I need to enable "basic" http authentication, but only from clients not
> belonging to a certain IP range. The idea is to enable access to some
> content from an internal network without authentication but to require
> it if the client is external.
>
> I tried making a simple script for mod_auth_external but even enabling
> the "AuthType basic" config directive forces authentication...
>
> Can this be done?

Yes, that's a FAQ
<http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#remote-auth-only>

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André Malo wrote:
> * Ivan Voras wrote:
>
>
>>This seems like it could be a FAQ, but I haven't found any answers:

>>
>>Can this be done?
>
>
> Yes, that's a FAQ
> <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#remote-auth-only>

Thanks! I can't see how I succeeded to overlook it