HttpServletResponse's sendError() message not appearing asrespon se

[Venables, Gary]

Hi,

 

    I am using JServ 1.0, Apache 1.3.6, WinNT 4.0 and Java 1.2 and want to return a 403 ( Forbidden ) status code and a message using HttpServletResponse's sendError( int sc, String msg ) method.  However the 403 message that arrives at my browser is the Apache's standard 403 response.  Is there some way to specify that the parameter msg I provide from within my servlet is returned instead.  The documentation for ErrorDocument seems to not know how to deal with this case.

 

My code:

    public void doPost( HttpServletRequest  request,
                       HttpServletResponse response )
        throws ServletException, IOException
    {

        // ...
        response.sendError( 403, "My Forbidden Message" );

    }

Apache's response:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /servlets/AuthorisationToUseServlet on this server.

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Apache/1.3.6 Server at carrot.roke.co.uk Port 80

 

 

    Many thanks,

        Gary

 

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Gary Venables
Engineer - IT and Networks
Roke Manor Research Ltd
Phone: +44 (0)1794 83 3512
Fax: +44 (0)1794 83 3434