AuthenHandler talking to ErrorDocument

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Currently I have an AuthenHandler that (amazingly enough) handles 
authentication for a group of webpages. An ErrorDoctype directive points 
users who haven't logged in, or who failed to login to a login form.

I'd like to be able to display a message to user who failed to login 
explaining the reason that the authentication failed. I've tried to use 
the notes() method of the Apache::Request object (using 
Apache::Request->instance) to create it). However, the note doesn't seem 
to be passed on to the handler for the ErrorDocument (on a successful 
login it is passed onto the content handler for the protected area of 
the site).

What is the accepted way to pass a message from the AuthenHandler to the 
ErrorDocument?

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David Dorward