Override Authentication for one sub directory

[Scott Alexander]

Hi,

I'm using Apache-AuthCookie-3.04 for authentication
I have a protected directory with 10 sub directories, one directory needs
to be open to any user.

I could write 10 <Directory /usr/local/systems/work/directory_1> or use a
<PERL> section in the conf file to create the 10 directory directives.

Can I override the settings for one directory somehow? So any user with no
login or password will get in. Actually I don't even want the login prompt
to appear.

In my httpd.conf file I have

<Directory /usr/local/systems/work/>
        PerlSendHeader On
        SetHandler perl-script
        PerlHandler Apache::Registry
        Options +ExecCGI

        AuthType Apache::Authenticate
        AuthName protected
        PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authenticate->authenticate
        require valid-user

</Directory>


<Directory /usr/local/systems/work/open/>
        # in this directory I need to allow any user
</Directory>

Thanks

Scott