Question
Deny access to directory, allow access to files NGINX
- Posted on July 26, 2018
- NginxDebian
Asked by QwertySpace
I’m trying to put my directories behind a htpasswd file, but allow any user to access the files in said directory.
So far I have this
location ~ ^/files\/.*(?=\.)$ {
auth_basic "Restricted";
auth_basic_user_file /media/sdh1/home/qwertyspace/www/qwertyspace.zeus/public_html/files/.htpasswd;
autoindex on;
}
#allow retrieval of any individual image via URL without auth
location ~* \..*$ {
autoindex off;
}
Based off this: https://serverfault.com/questions/574348/how-can-i-password-protect-a-directory-with-nginx-but-not-the-files-within-the
But it still asks for a password when trying to download a file.
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Hello, @QwertySpace
I’ve noticed that another community user have asked the same question and he was able to achieve this in this posted question:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-restrict-multiple-directories-with-nginx-but-still-access-files
In my case, I wanted to restricted people from wondering around my server just by typing the www.exemple.com/test1/test2 and be able to see what is inside it without specifying the direct link to it example: www.exemple.com/test1/test2/image1.png
There is a command also that is important that sets a priority of file searching;
location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; }
This command means it will try to access the file 1st then the folder then give you an error 404 if nothing works. More info: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17798457/how-can-i-make-this-try-files-directive-work
Hope this helps.
Regards, Alex
Hello, @QwertySpace
You should be able to set this using:
instead of:
Hope this helps,
Let me know how it goes.
Regards, Alex