.htaccess in sub directory blocking whole domain

[Arc]

Hey guys, I am not sure where to post this since it ins't PHP related, but hopefully someone can help me.

I uploaded an htaccess file to a directory on my server to block access to that particular directory. However, when I would try to go to any other directory ( Ones above that direcotry) it would block those as well.

For instance, here is the tree structure

httpdocs
------------directory1
------------directory2 <----- htaccess is in this directory
------------directory3
------------directory4
------------directory5
------------Lots of other files.....

I can't go into any directory on the server without entering the password info. Why is that? I thought it was only supposed to protect that one directory.

Thanks.

[visualAd]

It would help if you could post the contents of the access file.

[Arc]

The contents look like this

AuthName "Section Name"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /full/path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

the .htpasswd file is also in the same directory

thanks

[visualAd]

That looks ok to me. Make sure your htaccess has not accidentaly been copied into the parent directory. It may also be worth restarting the browser.