Basic Authentication via .htaccess

[Cory L Hubert]

Can someone point me in the right direction.   I need to setup Basic Authenication.   I am currently using a .htaccess file and I would like to use it to authenticate users.  So I have in my web.xml       <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>Protected Area</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>/free?action=getMemberform</url-pattern>   <http-method>DELETE</http-method> <http-method>GET</http-method> <http-method>POST</http-method> <http-method>PUT</http-method>   </web-resource-collection>   <auth-constraint> <role-name>admin</role-name> </auth-constraint> </security-constraint>   <login-config> <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method> <realm-name>Admin</realm-name> </login-config>                   Obviously I don't have a realm named Admin or a role named Admin.   Does anyone know how to get it to use the .htaccess?