SuSE 10.1: .htaccess in cgi-bin directory problem

I have .htaccess in htdocs and there it works, but not in the cgi-bin directory. I try to use vqadmin. I get following picture displayed: *Authentication Failed Username unknown* **vQadmin was unable to determine your username, which means your webserver is improperly configured to run with this CGI. For security reasons, this script will not run without Apache htaccess lists. vqadmin http://www.inter7.com/vqadmin/ 2.3.6 vpopmail http://www.inter7.com/vpopmail/ 5.4.13** httpd.conf includes: deny from all Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks AllowOverride AuthConfig Order deny,allow </Directory> # cat /srv/www/vhosts/xx.xx.xx/cgi-bin/vqadmin/.htaccess AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /srv/www/vqadmin.passwd AuthName vQadmin require valid-user satisfy any # cat /srv/www/vqadmin.passwd xx4admin:B.f/I7zxxxx. What do I miss? bye Ronald