Using forms auth, can I return a 404 from an inaccessible page, rather than redirecting to the login

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Using forms authentication, is it possible to return a 404 if a user doesn't have access to content, rather than redirecting them somewhere?

I realize I could send them to a 404-ish page, or redirect to a login page that doesn't exist, but I really want to return a 404 from the page they were attempting to access.

Possible?

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