Fedora 12 and apache httpd .htaccess password protection

By default, the Fedora 12 (yum) version of httpd does not “AllowOverride”, which doesn’t allow for password protecting in .htaccess files.  You can allow this by editing the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file and changing “AllowOverride None” to “AllowOverride All” in the <Directory “/var/www/html”> section.  See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html#troubleshoot for more details.