I have already sent this question to New Atlanta, but I thought that it would also be of interest to the members of this list. I am trying to use the JNDI extension with the LDAP service provider in a servlet. The problem is that if the servlet engine has to re-load the servlet, I will get a security exception: NamingException: javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Cannot instantiate class: com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory [Root exception is java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.lang.RuntimePermission getClassLoader )] I have tried to set the VM permissions as directed (even though the jar files are located in the ext directory) in the jndi-ext.html and ldap-ext.html files included in the JNDI1_2.zip and ldap1_2.zip archives, but they are somewhat vague, and may not address the issue of using the ServletExec class loader. Here are the permissions I have set: grant codeBase "file:${java.home}/lib/ext/jndi.jar" { permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.naming.factory.initial", "read"; permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.naming.factory.object", "read"; permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.naming.factory.url.pkgs", "read"; permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.naming.factory.state", "read"; permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.naming.factory.control", "read"; permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.naming.provider.url", "read"; permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.naming.dns.url", "read"; permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "getClassLoader"; }; grant codeBase "file:${java.home}/lib/ext/ldapbp.jar" { permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "getClassLoader"; }; grant codeBase "file:${java.home}/lib/ext/ldap.jar" { permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "getClassLoader"; }; grant codeBase "file:${java.home}/lib/ext/providerutil.java" { permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "getClassLoader"; }; Here are the specs: jdk1.2 Solaris Solaris 2.6 SerlvetExec 2.1 JNDI 2.1 Any help would be greatly appreciated. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html