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Access files outside the context of the Servlet

 
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I want to access files which are outside the webapps directory.
My OS is windows/linux and I have a scenario, wherein, i need to write files, to specific directories, outside webapps.
Tomcat throws a Security Exception, so how do I get away with this.

 
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Sounds like Tomcat is running with a security manager that disallows access to that file. Does the account Tomcat is run under allow access to that file, and to all directories above it?
 
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Hi,

Could you post the code where you are trying to access the file.

 
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For security, servlet containers are prohibited from serving directly files outside the context. Tomcat's "default" servlet handles file requests such as css and image requests but obeys this prohibition.

The solution is simple, you must provide your own servlet implementation that gets the image request, knows where to look for (for example) image files, creates the correct headers, and send the data.

Bill

 
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