window.location.replace : permission denied and uncaught exception

Question

I am writing oauth client in javascript using the page, after user enters credentials on the auth server, it tries to redirect back to my javascript page (using: window.location.replace) and fails with 'permission denied' what are the restrictions on windows.location.replace(...) ?

Javascript file is stored locally.

ERROR Details

"permission denied" comes in IE, while Mozilla FF shows:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMLocation.replace]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location:

Are the page and JavaScript file both stored in the same local folder? — Ja͢ck, May 16 '12 at 02:34
@Jack yes. Client Page has inline javascript. It calls to a remote server which redirects back to local page: e.g., file:///C:/dev/oauth2-useragent/test.html — Asad Iqbal, May 16 '12 at 02:36
Hmm, if I add that code inside a local page, only IE complains (asking whether I want to allow blocked content). FF and Chrome are fine ... guess not all systems feel the same way about local files :) — Ja͢ck, May 16 '12 at 02:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '12 at 02:10

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Javascript file is stored locally.

Seems like you have to upload your file(s) to your server first!

answered May 16 '12 at 02:10

Derek 朕會功夫

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That seems to be the problem. But I want to save my javascript locally instead of accessing it from a web server. This is for a demo purposes so that I have a lean setup. – Asad Iqbal May 16 '12 at 02:17
@AsadIqbal - Put in it `localhost`. – Derek 朕會功夫 May 16 '12 at 02:29
So, it means that I will have to start a server? Anything like file:///C:/dev/oauth2-useragent/test.html will not work? – Asad Iqbal May 16 '12 at 02:37

window.location.replace : permission denied and uncaught exception

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