we r trying to start the Tomcat programmatically by using EmbeddedTomcat .we followed the sequence of steps that are mentioned in EmbeddedTomcat program. In this process we r trying to get the contexts for each directory in the webapps folder. we also modified the "tomcat.policy" file by setting all the permissions. Even then we r getting the "Access Control Exception". Here is the Exception what we got. ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /admin ) cannot process configuration web service using "/admin c:/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/admin" Security init for Context c:/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/admin failed java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.lang.RuntimePermission createClassLoader) at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkCreateClassLoader(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.tomcat.loader.AdaptiveClassLoader.<init>(AdaptiveClassLoader.java :213) at org.apache.tomcat.loader.AdaptiveServletLoader.<init>(AdaptiveServletLoader. java:88) at org.apache.tomcat.context.LoaderInterceptor.contextInit(LoaderInterceptor.ja va:93) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.initContext(ContextManager.java:443) at org.apache.tomcat.startup.EmbededTomcat.initContext(EmbededTomcat.java:237) at Junittest.main(Junittest.java:35) Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]