This is by no means a complete list, but you should look into them anyway.
you could find the full path by using the pwd command from the shell prompt.
Next you’ll need to use the htpasswd command line utility to create the password file.
This will create a file with contents similar to the following:
myusername:aJztXHCknKJ3.
At this point you should be prompted for a password when you navigate to your WordPress administration panel.
If you get a server error instead, you should probably remove the .htaccess file and start over.