I have tried to create a policy file using policytool /* AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED ON Thu Sep 21 11:50:10 CDT 2006*/ /* DO NOT EDIT */ grant { permission java.net.SocketPermission "lynx:2005", "accept, connect, listen, resolve"; }; and issue this command: java -cp . c4u.rmi.MachineName -J-Djava.security.policy=c4u/rmi/MachineName.policy assuming that my policy file is in that directory. And the result is the same. I have ...