You have neglected to mention your Tomcat version. At a guess, (from the stack-trace), you are using a 3.2.x version.
"Richard Drent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Guyzzz Im trying to connect my tomcat to a firebird database server. The first time after a restart of the httpd/tomcat he gifs as an error ################################ start Root cause: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission log4j.configuration read) at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java :272) at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:399) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:545) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(SecurityManager.java:1278) at java.lang.System.getProperty(System.java:599) at org.apache.log4j.Category.(Category.java:137) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:120) at org.firebirdsql.logging.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:35) at org.firebirdsql.logging.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:65) at org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver.(FBDriver.java:151) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:120) at _0002fconnect_00033_0002ejspconnect3_jsp_0._jspService(_0002fconnect_00033_0 002ejspconnect3_jsp_0.java:76) ######################### end after an refresh he gives ######################### start The root cause: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:120) at _0002fconnect_00033_0002ejspconnect3_jsp_11._jspService(_0002fconnect_00033_ 0002ejspconnect3_jsp_11.java:76) ######################## end @ line 76 is written Class.forName("org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver").newInstance(); The firebirdsql.jar is in the /java_home/lib/ My feeling is that he crashes @ the moment when he starts with building the .class file. But I would like to have some input, how to solve Thnzx richard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]