Enable authentication in apache2 using .htaccess

.htaccess is not working in apache2 :

If you have put .htaccess in your web project directory and it does not ask for username & password.

Follow this.

1) Check following directives in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

   Where /var/www is path of the directory where you keep your web projects.

2) Add following directive in httpd.conf

<Directory /your/path/of/the/project>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

3) Restart apache2.