Specify the Keystore
For this lesson you will grant all code in JAR files
signed by the alias susan
read access to all files in the
You can leave the text box labeled New KeyStore Type blank
if the keystore type is the default one, as specified in the
security properties file.
Your keystore will be the default type, so leave the text box blank.
The result is shown in the following figure.
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C:\TestData\ directory.
You need to
- Specify the keystore containing the certificate information
aliased by susan
- Create the policy entry granting the permission
The keystore is the one named raystore created in
the Import the Certificate as a Trusted Certificate
step.
To specify the keystore, choose the Change Keystore command in the Edit menu of the main Policy Tool window. This brings up a dialog box in which you can specify the keystore URL and the keystore type.
To specify the keystore named raystore in the
Test directory on the C: drive, type the following
file URL into the text box labeled New KeyStore URL
file:/C:/Test/raystore
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Note: The New KeyStore URL value is a URL and thus should always use slashes (never backslashes) as the directory separator.
When you are done specifying the keystore URL, choose OK. The text box labeled Keystore is now filled in with the URL:
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Next, you need to specify the new policy entry.
