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- <refmeta><refentrytitle>policytool</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo class="date">18 Jul 2001</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="copyright">Copyright (c) 1999, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved.</refmiscinfo>
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- <refnamediv><refname>policytool</refname><refpurpose>policy file creation
- and management tool</refpurpose></refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv><title>&synp-tt;</title>
- <cmdsynopsis><command>policytool</command>
- </cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1><title>&desc-tt;</title>
- <para>The policy for a Java runtime (specifying which permissions are available
- for code from various sources, when executing as various principals) is represented
- by a Policy object. The default Policy implementation obtains its information
- from static ASCII policy configuration files.</para>
- <para>A policy file can be composed via a simple text editor, or via the graphical
- Policy Tool utility described here. Using the Policy Tool saves typing and
- eliminates the need for you to know the required policy file syntax thus reducing
- errors.</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Starting Policy Tool</title>
- <para>To start Policy Tool, simply type the following at the command line.
- </para>
- <screen>policytool</screen>
- <para>This brings up the "Policy Tool" window.</para>
- <para>Whenever Policy Tool is started, it tries to fill in this window with
- policy information from what is sometimes referred to as the "user policy
- file". The user policy file is by default a file named .java.policy in your
- home directory. If Policy Tool cannot find the user policy file, it reports
- the situation and displays a blank "Policy Tool" window (that is, a window
- with headings and buttons but no data in it).</para>
- <para>You can then proceed to either open whatever policy file you want to
- work on or create a new policy file, by adding policy entries, optionally
- specifying a keystore, and saving the file).</para>
- <para> The first time you run the Policy Tool, there will not be a user policy
- file (unless you created one manually).</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Creating a new Policy File</title>
- <para> To create a new policy file, start by simply selecting the New command
- from the File menu. This will close the currently open policy file (if any,
- after first prompting you to save it if needed) and bring up a new policy
- tool window, that is, a window with headings and buttons but no data in it.
- </para>
- <para>Please Note: this is not necessary the first time you run the Policy
- Tool. Since the tool tries to open the user policy file and one doesn't exist
- yet (unless it was created manually), the tool will bring up a window without
- any data in it.</para>
- <para>Once you have a new policy tool window, you can then create the policy
- entries, and specify the keystore (if any of the policy entries specify a
- keystore alias). At any point, you can save the policy file.</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Opening a Different Policy File</title>
- <para>To work on a different policy file than the one currently being worked
- on (if any), use the Open command in the File menu.</para>
- <para>This will close the currently open policy file (if any, after first
- prompting you to save it if needed) and will present you with an Open dialog,
- which you can use to navigate the directory structure until you get to the
- directory containing the policy file you want to work on. Select
- that file, then select the OK button.</para>
- <para>The "Policy Tool" window will then be filled in with information from
- the policy file, including the policy file name, the keystore URL (if any),
- and the CodeBase, SignedBy and Principal parts of each policy entry in the
- policy file.</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Specifying the Keystore</title>
- <para> To specify the keystore containing the key information for the aliases
- specified in the SignedBy parts of policy entries, select the Change Keystore
- command in the Edit menu.</para>
- <para>This brings up a dialog box in which you specify the new keystore URL
- and optionally the keystore type.</para>
- <para> As an example, to specify the keystore named "mykeystore" in the /tests/
- directory, type the following file: URL into the text box labeled "New KeyStore
- URL".</para>
- <screen>file:/tests/mykeystore</screen>
- <para>To also specify that the keystore type is "JKS" (the proprietary keystore
- type supported by Sun Microsystems), type the following into the text box
- labeled "New KeyStore Type".</para>
- <screen>JKS</screen>
- <para>When you are done specifying the keystore URL and type (if any), select
- OK (or you can select Cancel to cancel the operation). If you didn't cancel,
- the text box labeled "Keystore:" is now filled in with the keystore URL and
- type.</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Adding a New Policy Entry</title>
- <para>To add a new policy entry, select the Add Policy Entry button in the
- main "Policy Tool" window. This brings up a "Policy Entry" dialog box.</para>
- <para>Using this dialog box, you specify</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>an optional CodeBase entry indicating the URL location where
- the code originates from. For example, to indicate code from the local /JavaSoft/TESTS/
- directory, type the following file URL into the CodeBase text box:</para>
- <screen>file:/JavaSoft/TESTS/</screen>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>an optional SignedBy entry indicating the alias name from
- the keystore used to reference the signer whose private key was used to sign
- the code. For example, to indicate the alias named "duke", simply type the
- following into the SignedBy text box:</para>
- <screen>duke</screen>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>an optional Principals entry indicating the list of principals
- that the code has to be executed as in order for the permission(s) to be granted.
- See Adding a New Principal.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>one or more permission entries indicating which permissions
- are granted to the code from the source indicated by the CodeBase and SignedBy
- values (or to any code if no such values are specified) when running as the
- specified principals in the Principals list. See Adding a New Permission.
- </para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Editing a Policy File</title>
- <para>To edit an existing policy entry, select the line for that entry in
- the main "Policy Tool" window, then select the Edit Policy Entry button. Alternatively,
- you can simply double-click the line for that entry.</para>
- <para>This brings up the same type of "Policy Entry" dialog box as appears
- when you are adding a new policy entry, except in this case the dialog box
- is filled in with the existing policy entry information. To change the information,
- simply retype it (for the CodeBase and SignedBy values) or use the buttons
- (for the Principals and Permissions values).</para>
- <para>When you are done, select the Done button (or Cancel to cancel).</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Removing a Policy Entry</title>
- <para>To delete a policy entry from the policy file, select the line for that
- entry in the main "Policy Tool" window, then select the Remove Policy Entry
- button.</para>
- <para>The complete policy entry is displayed, and you can then either select
- OK to remove the entry, or Cancel to keep it.</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Saving the Policy File</title>
- <para>To save changes to an existing policy file, simply select the Save command
- in the File menu.</para>
- <para>To save a new policy file you've been creating, or to copy an existing
- policy file to a new policy file with a different name, select the Save As
- command from the File menu. This brings up the Save As dialog box.</para>
- <para>Navigate the directory structure to get to the directory in which you
- want to save the policy file. Type the desired file name, then select the
- OK button. The policy file is now saved, and its name and path are shown in
- the text box labeled "Policy File:"</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Exiting the Policy Tool</title>
- <para>To exit Policy Tool, select the Exit command from the File menu.</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Viewing the Warning Log</title>
- <para>If Policy Tool ever reports that warnings have been stored in the Warning
- Log, you can view the log by selecting the View Warning Log command in the
- Edit menu.</para>
- <para>For example, if you have a policy file with a Keystore URL specifying
- a keystore that doesn't yet exist, you will get such a warning at various
- times, e.g., when you open the file. You can continue to work on the policy
- file even if warnings exist.</para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>&also-tt;</title>
- <para>More extensive documentation for PolicyTool is available online at
- <ulink url="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/tooldocs/solaris/policytool.html">
- http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/tooldocs/solaris/policytool.html</ulink></para><?Pub Caret1>
- </refsect1>
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