Think this guy is a time waster
(a) if you put .httpaccess into google the same post from the same person comes up listed in a number of places
(b) he can google for it himself
(c) there are so many places on the web where access privilege management under Apache are discussed and where this question would be far more relavent and more quickly answered, I'm left to wonder why he posted on a D.I.Y board.
(d) are you thinking of .htaccess, toasty?