Require a password for everything except one folder?

[nrahl]

I'm trying to deny access to all locations on the server, unless the user
has a specific IP address or enteres a password. This part is working. I'm
also trying to add an exception, where any path starting with /Public is
allowed by anyone with no password. I've tried to override it in a location
block, but this doesn't seem to have any effect.


server {

   ...

   satisfy any;
   allow xx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
   deny all;
   auth_basic "Restricted";
   auth_basic_user_file /x/y/z;

   location ~* ^/Public {
      satisfy any;
      allow all;
   }

   location / {
      try_files fake.html @apache;
   }

}


I've also tried nesting like:

location / {
      location ~* ^/Public {
         satisfy any;
         allow all;
      }
      try_files fake.html @apache;
   }

But it always requires a password, even on Public. How can I override
security on just the one folder?

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,254625,254625#msg-254625