Re: RMI with jigsaw

At 1:56 PM 11/25/96, Anselm Baird_Smith wrote:
>abramczyk@fokus.gmd.de writes:
...
> > 2. When I try to delete directory using RMI method deleteFolder, which
>use the
> >    method delete(String child) from DirectoryResource, I get an exception 		
> >
> >    java.lang.SecurityException
> >         at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkDelete(SecurityManager.java)
> >         at java.io.File.delete(File.java)
> >  	.....
> >  	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java)
> >  	
> >    In order to get appropriate DirectoryResource I wrote the which
>starts from
> >    root resorce till the resource which I want to get
> >    ( maybe this is possible to get this resource by calling any jigsaw
>classes
> >    method ?).
>
>I guess this is because you are using the default RMI security
>manager.
>
> > 3. I delete file resources by calling also delete(String child) method from
> >    DirectoryResource and it deletes file resources but when I try to
>delete
> >    phisical file from system file I get similar exception.
> >
> > I will be grateful for any sugestion which could help me resolve that
>problems.
> >
>
>You will have to work on a security manager for Jiugsaw, that's not an
>easy task, I am planning to investigate this myself when time allow
>(basically have aplet based config through rmi)
>
>Anselm.

The RMI folks said that all you need is *a* security manager. For testing
purposes (*only*) it ought to be reasonably easy to create one that simply
never throws any SecurityException.

-greg


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Received on Monday, 25 November 1996 11:03:04 UTC