Setting up a Password-Protected Directory
		     with .htaccess files and Apache
			By Ed, www.narced.com/linux


Setting up a .htaccess is very simple. Put this file in the directory you
want to password protect:

--------- .htaccess ------------
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /path/to/auth/file
AuthName "Protected Area"
require valid-user
--------------------------------

Then, add username to the auth file by doing:

htpasswd -c /path/to/authfile/auth_file username


Finally, you need to have have 'AllowOverride' directive set to something
beside NONE in Apache's httpd.conf file. "AuthConfig Limit" seems to work
pretty well.