cant create directory

[Konrad Piersdorfer]

inside a servlet i want to create a directory on a tomcat 4.1.30-server.

String path=docRoot+"events/"+event.getId()+"/";
File newDir=new File(path);
if (!newDir.exists()) {
    boolean result=newDir.mkdirs();
    log("RESULT:"+result);
}

the logged result is always false and the folder is not created.
in the tomcat.policy-file i have the following entry:

grant {
permission java.io.FilePermission "/home/virtual/site189/fst/var/www/html/-", "read,write,delete";
};

the mod of the directory, where i want to create that directory in, is 777 (all permissions set).

am i having a wrong tomcat.policy? do i have to use a codebase?

regards,
konrad

[Paul Clapham]

And does the value of that variable "path" actually bear any relationship to the file permission you described there?