.htaccess files not being used

[haspden]

I have the following folder structure

domain.com (/public_html/)
sub.domain.com (/public_html/sub/)
sub.domain.com/dir1/ (/public_html/sub/dir1/)
sub.domain.com/dir1/dir2/ (/public_html/sub/dir1/dir2/)


if I put the following in my .htaccess file at any of these directories

DirectoryIndex index.php

require valid-user
<RequireAny>
    Require ip x.x.x.x
</RequireAny>

It has no effect when loading any files in these directories. What am I missing here?

Apache did follow these rules set, but switching to litespeed has meant that IP restrictions have been ignored

 

[haspden]

order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from Your-IP

this works absolutely fine so it's something about the require function not working

 

[NiteWave]

require valid-user
<RequireAny>
Require ip x.x.x.x
</RequireAny>

if only
Require ip x.x.x.x
will it work ?

 

[haspden]

No either as

require valid-user
Require ip x.x.x.x

or

Require ip x.x.x.x

are not observed

 

[NiteWave]

tested on a 6.0.11 server, can reproduce the issue.
Require ip x.x.x.x
work with apache but looks ignored by litespeed