Setup .htaccess and .htpasswd on website host

Very very basic problem. I'm building a web site at [login to view URL] and can't seem to get .htaccess and .htpasswd to play well together. I have created a "Secret" folder that I want protected. I want to put .htaccess in the secret folder and I want it to be very basic such as: AuthType Basic AuthName "Dealers Only Please. Call us to set up an account." AuthUserFile /var/www/domains/[login to view URL] require valid-user I want the .htpasswd file to be in the same directory and have at least one user name and password that allows access to the secret folder. I will provide the a temporary password that will be needed to access my domain files at MyHosting.com. I have been told that the absolute path to my files is /var/www/domains/[login to view URL]