Sorry for posting this question on the JSP list , this is not a very JSP specific issue , but I am running out of resources , thought someone on this list may have an answer. Appreciate your responses. I am trying to retrieve a file from a https connection, while doing so I get an access denied error. I have verified the userid and password , they are correct because I am able to post a file on to the same location with the same user id and password. The file extension is .log and my content-type has a value of text/html , but I have'nt had success in changing the Content-type. This is my code URL url = new URL("https://file location"); URLConnection urlC = url.openConnection(); HttpsURLConnection theConnection = (HttpsURLConnection)urlC; // Print info about resource for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { String headerKey = theConnection.getHeaderFieldKey(i); System.out.print("HeaderKey " + i + ": " + headerKey); System.out.println(" Value: " + theConnection.getHeaderField(i)); } // Copy resource to local file, use remote file InputStream is = urlC.getInputStream(); // Get File Name StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(url.getFile(), "/"); String fileName = null; while (st.hasMoreTokens()) { fileName = st.nextToken(); } FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(fileName); int oneChar, count=0; while ((oneChar=is.read()) != -1) { fos.write(oneChar); count++; } is.close(); fos.close(); This is the output Opening connection: [https://benetest.selfservicenow.com/servicecenter/upload/SS00_2000_09_07_01.log] Connection opened: com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnection:https://benetest.selfservicenow.com/servicecente Connection Type: com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnection HeaderKey 0: null Value: HTTP/1.1 401 Access Denied HeaderKey 1: WWW-Authenticate Value: NTLM HeaderKey 2: Connection Value: close HeaderKey 3: Content-Length Value: 644 HeaderKey 4: Content-Type Value: text/html HeaderKey 5: null Value: null HeaderKey 6: null Value: null HeaderKey 7: null Value: null HeaderKey 8: null Value: null HeaderKey 9: null Value: null Expected size is: 644 Resource type: text/html Last modified on: Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 1969... Permission is: (java.net.SocketPermission benetest.selfservicenow.com:80 connect,resolve) OPENING STREAM java.io.FileNotFoundException: https://benetest.selfservicenow.com/servicecenter/upload/SS00_2000_09_07_01.log The file does exist , because I can see it when I view it through the browser Thanks in advance Santosh =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets