password protected directory causing 401 errors for flash uploader

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I have quite a basic setup 

<Directory "/var/www/example.com/public">
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Restricted Access
    AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/users
    Require valid-user
</Directory>

This works fine except one aspect, i am using uplodify swfupload and it can’t upload files because it triggers a 401 error.

Is there any way the uploader can bypass this?

Answer

Turn off authentication for the upload folder:

<Directory "/path/to/upload/folder">
    ...
    Satisfy Any
</Directory>

You can also do it for only one file with Files directive.

Another way is the pass session ID to the upload script.

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Source : Link , Question Author : Moak , Answer Author : quanta

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