Question : How do I avoid getting login demands SEVERAL TIMES using .htaccess?

I have password protected a child directory. I thought I'd only need to login once to access pages in that directory. For one reason or the other, I get the Apache login demand several times. How could this be avoided?

Answer : How do I avoid getting login demands SEVERAL TIMES using .htaccess?

Removing AuthGroupFile was just because it's nonsense to point to /dev/null as apache WILL search there to

You found the solution by yourself. I didn't know this one so thanks for the learning :)
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