"Ken Pawliw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > I'm new to Tomcat and have run into a problem that probably has a very > simple solution. I'm running Tomcat 5.5.7 on Windows XP and want to start > Tomcat with the security manager enabled. The documentation states the > following: > Starting Tomcat With A SecurityManager > Once you have configured the catalina.policy file for use with a > SecurityManager, Tomcat can be started with a SecurityManager in place by > using the "-security" option: > > > $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh start -security (Unix) > %CATALINA_HOME%\bin\catalina start -security (Windows) > > > > > This does not work from the Windows Command Prompt as catalina does not > exist in the bin directory. Furthermore, I want to run Tomcat as a service > so this would not help even if it did work. I've tried to add > the -security > option via the Monitor Tomcat application by adding the addition argument > in > the Arguments section of the Startup panel. I've tried > start -security > start security > start, security > and none of these work. I'd very much appreciate advice in the area as > I've > checked the archive and can't seem to find any information. >
Actually, what you need to do is to add to the Java Options section: -Djava.security.manager -Djava.security.policy==C:\path\to\tomcat\conf\catalina.policy If you look in catalina.bat, you will see that this is what the script is actually doing when you run it with the '-security' option. > Thanks, > Ken > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
