Apache: How to deny access to a folder or file?

Add the following list of lines into .htaccess file or to vhost configuration file appropriate to the folder within the website <Directory /securedata> Order Deny,Allow Deny from all </Directory> Same will be the case for denying files within directories <Files ~ "\.ini$"> Order allow,deny Deny from all </Files> The above lines of code will be helpful for us to prevent .svn files, .ini files, .htaccess files, include files from display within Apache