.htaccess and .htpasswd ignore subfolders

Question

I want to ignore folders on my website, but as I often create subfolders on it, I want to ignore subfolders too.

Here's my .htaccess :

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Auth Required"
AuthUserFile ".htpasswd location"
Require valid-user
SetEnvIf Request_URI "(folder I want to ignore for everyone)$" allow
Order allow,deny
Allow from env=allow
# allow open access to entire site for those IPs:
allow from xx.xx.xxx.xx.xxx
Satisfy any

When I go to a subfolder, it keep asking for a login and password, but when I click on "Cancel" to cancel that login, everything goes fine and no other box is shown. All I want is to not have this box shown.

Thanks !

Answer 1

.htaccess settings ALWAYS affects subfolders unless you override it with another .htaccess which would change the behaviour set in parent folder's .htaccess