A problem with file permissions and RollingFileAppender (still dont know what the problem is?) causes this exception, which also kills the thread:
(JDK 1.3.1, Log4J 1.2.6, Win2k) Exception in thread "main" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission C:\xxxx\lo gs\xxx.log write) 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.checkWrite(SecurityManager.java:978) at java.io.File.renameTo(File.java:1007) at org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.rollOver(RollingFileAppender.java:139) at org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.subAppend(RollingFileAppender.java:228) at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:150) at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:221) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:57) at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:187) at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:372) at org.apache.log4j.Category.info(Category.java:674) at xxxx.mmmmm(xxx.java) at xxxx.xxxx.<init>(xxx.java at xxxx.main(xxx.java) ---- My log4j.properties is as follows (excerpt) and I am using default initialization (in the classpath): log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.R.File=${log4j.logpath}/${log4j.filename} #log4j.appender.R.Threshold=WARN log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=1000KB log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=3 log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p\t%d\t%c\t%t\t%m%n __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>