How to htaccess

How to htaccess:
http://www.colostate.edu/~ric/htpass.html
#touch .htaccess
! AuthUserFile /Destiny/www/html/current/phpmyadmin/.htpasswd *
! AuthGroupFile /dev/null *
! AuthName "Required password" *
! AuthType Basic *
! *
! <Limit GET> *
! require valid-user *
! </limit> *
! *
! *
! cd *
! mkdir secret *
! cd secret *
! htpasswd -c .htpasswd pumpkin *
! [ you're prompted for the password for pumpkin] *
! [ if you have other users enter the following. Don't use the -c] *
! htpasswd .htpasswd user2 *
! htpasswd .htpasswd user3 *
! *
! *
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