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Bypass .htaccess authentication for facebook debug tools

Bypass .htaccess authentication for facebook debug tools

development facebook apache Jun 3, 2013

# First set an environment variable for Facebook
SetEnvIf User-Agent ^facebookexternalhit.*$ Facebook=1

# In your password authentication on directory level, allow Facebook ...

        AllowOverride All         AuthType Basic         AuthName "Requires Authentication"         AuthUserFile XXX         Require valid-user         Order deny,allow         Deny from all         Allow from 127.0.0.1         Allow from XXX.XXX.XXX.XX         Allow from XXX.XXX.XXX.XX         Allow from env=Facebook         Satisfy Any