How to password protect a apache alias

Apache Alias Config[-][--][++]

Alias /seagate750/ "/mnt/seagate750/"

  AllowOverride All
  Options Indexes MultiViews
  Allow from all

Note, must goto http://server/seagate750/ (Must have that last /)

htaccess[-][--][++]

make /mnt/seagate750/.htaccess

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Password"
AuthUserFile /mnt/seagate750/.htpasswd
require valid-user

htpasswd[-][--][++]

make /mnt/seagate750/.htpasswd

mreschke:blahblahblah

replace that with the correct password, you can find a apache password generator online, just enter mreschke as the user

permissions[-][--][++]

Make sure the .ht* files have correct permissions for your apache user. (rwx for user)