How to beat JSoup access denied java.net.SocketPermission in tomcat 6?

Question

I got exception java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.net.SocketPermission www.somepage.net:80 connect,resolve) when I try

doc = Jsoup.connect("http://www.somepage.net/").get();

in web app in Tomcat 6. However if I do this in mvn test outside of tomcat 6 or in another web app in tc server all is going great.

Answer 1

You need to edit the /conf/catalina.policy file to grant java.net.SocketPermission on the code in question.

See also Tomcat 6.0 Security Manager HOW-TO.