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2013	auth_basic cannot be overwritten from other context	royduineveld@…		"The documentation says: ""The special value off allows cancelling the effect of the auth_basic directive inherited from the previous configuration level."" Link: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_auth_basic_module.html#auth_basic 

So this should work right?

{{{
http {
    auth_basic            ""Restricted Area"";
    auth_basic_user_file  /htpasswd;

    server {
        location / {
            
        }
        location /api {
            auth_basic off;
        }
    }
}
}}}

Or

{{{
http {
    server {
        auth_basic            ""Restricted Area"";
        auth_basic_user_file  /htpasswd;
        
        location / {

        }
        location /api {
            auth_basic off;
        }
    }
}
}}}

But at {{{/api}}} I'm still getting the basic authentication. It only works like this:

{{{
http {
    server {
        location / {
            auth_basic            ""Restricted Area"";
            auth_basic_user_file  /htpasswd;
        }
        location /api {
            auth_basic off;
        }
    }
}
}}}

So {{{auth_basic}}} can not be overwritten from another context. This also happens with {{{allow}}}/{{{deny}}}. Having this for example at {{{http}}}/{{{server}}} level:
{{{
allow 127.0.0.1;
deny all;
}}}
Can not be overwritten with {{{allow all;}}} for a specific location."	defect	closed	minor		nginx-core	1.19.x	invalid			Linux servername 4.4.0-119-generic #143-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 2 16:08:24 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux	"nginx version: nginx/1.15.0
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fPIE -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIE -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIC' --prefix=/usr/share/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi --with-debug --with-pcre-jit --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_slice_module --with-threads --with-http_addition_module --with-http_geoip_module=dynamic --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_sub_module --with-http_xslt_module=dynamic --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-mail=dynamic --with-mail_ssl_module --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-4QY95m/nginx-1.15.0/debian/modules/http-auth-pam --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-4QY95m/nginx-1.15.0/debian/modules/http-dav-ext --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-4QY95m/nginx-1.15.0/debian/modules/http-echo --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-4QY95m/nginx-1.15.0/debian/modules/http-upstream-fair --add-dynamic-module=/build/nginx-4QY95m/nginx-1.15.0/debian/modules/http-subs-filter"