editing function protected_node_enterpassword( )

my theme folder is "prcc", and every time i make/edit a function template.php, I use

function prcc_function_name () {
    // stuff here
}

They seem to work. I tried copying the protected_node_enterpassword function to my template.php file so that I can edit what's in there- but I'm not seeing the changes that I make.

If I edit the protected_node.redirect.inc file, it works fine.

Can anyone point me in the right direction. I only need to password protect one page on a website and having someone create a user or login with a username/pass is just unnecessary for the info on the resulting page.

Thank you.