Are you using Apache SOAP 2.2? This is an issue that I believe was fixed in that version. If you are using 2.2, perhaps it is fixed in the current daily build.
Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teodoro Megliola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "soap-dev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 3:05 AM Subject: Security problem with SOAP Java applet > Hello there > > I wrote a simple and straightforward SOAP client to access an also simple and straightforward service. > > When I deployed the client as a Java applet (I know that this implies downloading the ".jar" files as well, but let's skip this for a moment), I ran into the following exception: > > com.ms.security.SecurityExceptionEx[org/apache/soap/util/mime/MimeUtils.getU niqueValue]: > Unable to access system property: user.name > > I'm aware that Java applets are not allowed to access this specific system property, so I have 2 question: > > - Why do the SOAP classes actually need this system property at all? > - Any workaround to handle this? > > Thanks > Ted