.htaccess and .htpasswd placed into a new folder to password protect not working

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#1

I created a new folder. Then I added the files: .htaccess and .htpasswd. Plus an index.html page so I could see if it worked.

I went to my site, and clicked the login. It asked for the passwords. I entered them.

It brought me to the correct file path which is:
http://www.mlmrc.com/memarea

But on that page it says this:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@000webhost.io to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

the information I used on the .htaccess is as follows:

.htaccess

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Members Only: Please enter your Login ID and Password now"
AuthUserFile /home/mlmrc8/public_html/memarea/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

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Did I set this up correct? Why am I getting the error message?

#2
#3

No you didn’t set it up correctly sorry; you need the true auth file user path like

Your website username has no bearing on this.