htaccess for awstats

[coper]

Hi there,
I want to put a http access in awstats to some domains. For example http://www.doman.com/stats I want that url with http access.
I know I have to put a .htaccess file inside the folder and I need a .htpasswd file with users and passwords inside. I have this working in some folders of different domains but I don't know where I need to put the .htaccess file to protect the stats access.m There is no stats folder inside the domains folders. So where to put it?

Thanks for any help.

Happy Holidays to all.

c.