How to create password protected directory in CentOS

For this example I take following directories to host the website:
/home/user/ahamed/www

1. Create .htaccess file in /home/user/ahamed/www/.htaccess with following info (added ahamed as a user in .htaccess file)

AuthUserFile /etc/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "SECURE AREA NAME"
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET>
require user ahamed
</Limit>

2. Create .htpasswd file in /etc/.htpasswd type following ssh command to create the file, it will ask for password after typing bellow command
htpasswd -c /etc/.htpasswd ahamed

3. locate httpd.conf file and edit the file and add following code
<Directory "/home/user/ahamed/www">
AllowOverride AuthConfig
</Directory>

4. restart apache using following command
service httpd restart