Fix Firefox ‘Permission denied to access property document’

by Max Rohde,

Problem

You are trying to load a script from a local file into a page displayed in Firefox (as can sometimes be useful for testing).

Firefox reports an error such as

Error: Permission denied to access property 'document'

Error: Permission denied to access property 'local'

Solution

This problem is caused by a security restriction that should normally be in place. However, you can temporarily disable this security feature as follows:

  • Enter the address 'about:config' in your Firefox
  • Search for 'strict_'
  • Double click on the value column for the preference 'security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy' to switch it from 'true' to 'false'.

Remember to reenable the policy once your tests are done!

Sources

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477201

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1003768

Categories: javascript