How do I prevent someone from reading my .htaccess file?

I added a .htaccess file to a folder to make it password protected. I would like to prevent all users from being able to read that .htaccess file, because it reveals the location of开发者_开发知识库 my .htpasswd (I don't have permissions on this server to put this file outside of the html tree).

I tried the suggestions at http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess8.shtml, but I can still read my .htaccess on a web browser. Here is my .htaccess:

AuthName "Restricted Area" 
AuthType Basic 
AuthUserFile /home/www/users/mylogin/HTML/some_hidden_dir/.htpasswd 
AuthGroupFile /dev/null 
require valid-user

<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>

What am I missing?

I've always used this method in my main root HTACCESS file and it works like a charm:

<Files ~ "^.*\.([Hh][Tt][Aa])">
 order allow,deny
 deny from all
 satisfy all
</Files>

More info on this method from one of my bookmarks:

http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/05/20/improve-site-security-by-protecting-htaccess-files/