Thanks Ignacio, That's probably the best suggestion so far. I'm running Windows XP and when I attempted to run the service as myself (i.e. with my network access) the same problem arose. So, I tried running the service as 'NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService' it simply failed to start.
In the meantime I'll simply host the files I'm trying to access off my local drive. Yours... -- Ricardo Gladwell, Java Developer WD Internet Group, Engineering [t] (020) 8222 2723 [m] (07734) 813 187 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ignacio J. Ortega [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 22 January 2003 15:27 > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: Opening Files Outside Context > > > Ricardo, > > > > > I know for a fact the path is correct - when I run exactly > > the same code > > with exactly the same file path it works... When I attempt > to open the > > same file path in Tomcat I get a FileNotFoundException. The path is > > networked and on a different drive (h:) from the Tomcat and > > when I moved > > the target file to the same, local drive (c:) it worked. Obviously > > either Java cannot see networked drives or some sort of > file filter is > > in place. Strange... > > > > Did you run Tomcat as a Service? > > If you do, A service can not use mapped network drives if not > configured to be run by an user with network access, you will > need to change from the user in the service configuration to > Administrator or a user with acces with the same mapped drive > confiigured. > > Another source of troubles are Java security plicy, AFAIK tc > 4.1 run with security policies activated, so probably you > will need to grant some acces to your servlet.. > > Saludos, > Ignacio J. Ortega > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>