How to set up a password control for apache?

¡¡¡¡Do you know how to set up a password control for a website directory on Linux/apache server? I know should use .htaccess file and access.conf file.
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¡¡¡¡ 1) I''ve set up directory data in access.conf like this:
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¡¡¡¡ <Directory "/export/home/harley/public_html">
¡¡¡¡ AllowOverride None
¡¡¡¡ Options None
¡¡¡¡ #Options All Multiviews
¡¡¡¡ #AllowOverride AuthConfig
¡¡¡¡ #Order allow,deny
¡¡¡¡ #Allow from all
¡¡¡¡ </Directory>
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¡¡¡¡ 2) And I made a .htaccess file like this:
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¡¡¡¡ AuthName Harley
¡¡¡¡ AuthType Basic
¡¡¡¡ AuthUserFile /home/harley/harley.passwd
¡¡¡¡ require valid-user
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¡¡¡¡ What else work should I do to make the directory under password control?

E-mail me: goodgoodtom@yahoo.com

Start here -> http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#allowoverride

>>AuthUserFile /home/harley/harley.passwd

Make sure your harley.passwd is world-readable (644).

Why it still doesn't work after I set up a world-readable harley.passwd file for the directory?

When I access the http://***.***.***/~harley/secret/love.html webpage, there is no password control, do you know why?

I told you to read http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#allowoverride , have you done so yet?

>>there is no password control, do you know why?

Because your <Directory> block tells apache not to read .htaccess file at all.

Thanks, I am working on it.

By the way, do you know how to access MySQL database with Python through web?

Hope to get your assistance as I am doing a study project about it.

>>do you know how to access MySQL database with Python through web?

Don't know Python but you can try here ->
http://dustman.net/andy/python/MySQLdb/