can't get htaccess in Apache to work

This is driving me nuts. No matter what I do, what changes I make in httpd.conf, how I make .htaccess, I can't get directory security to work.

I have folder:var-www-html-msa

In it I have the file .htaccess which contains:

AuthUserFilevar-www-html-msa-htpbuttwd AuthName "Enter Pbuttword" require valid-user AuthType Basic Satisfy any

To create the htpbuttwd file, from the command prompt in the folder I did:

$ htpbuttwd -c .-htpbuttwd username

I put the pbuttword in twice as prompted.

I Web browse to that dir, and I don't get challenged for a pbuttword.

section, but they are in this order)

Options FollowSymLinks #AllowOverride AuthConfig AllowOverride None Options Indexes FollowSymLinks folder AllowOverride AuthConfig Order allow,deny Allow from all

AccessFileName .htaccess

Order allow,deny Deny from all Satisfy All

I can't find any other sections that might be related. At this point, I can't even remember all the different ways I've tried editing these lines. And only two results will occur: No change and I can access the directory in question unchallenged, or I'm not allowed to access ANY folder.

Any suggestions what in the world I'm doing wrong?

Thanks! Liam