Password Protection, .htaccess

Hi,

I'm trying to password protect a directory using .htaccess and .htpasswd, I know the code i'm using is fine because I have it on another site (non drupal) and it works fine. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

This is what the code i'm using looks like:

AuthUserFile /home/me/public_html/mywebsite.com/pictures/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "My Secret Folder"
Require valid-user