How can I send an "Access Denied" http response to the client in asp.net?

Question

In my page load I check something, and I want to display the standard Access Denied message without going through the hassle of creating a page to redirect to.

Is there an easy way?

Answer 1

You want to return a HTTP return code of 401 ("access denied")

So,

Response.Clear();
Response.StatusCode = 401;
Response.End();

should do the trick