JAAS Error

[Nikhil Jain]

Hi,

I created a sample JAAS application. When I execute the code I get
Exception in thread "main" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (javax.security.auth.AuthPermission createLoginContext.chp02) error

I get this error when I call logincontextobject.Login();

Policy File:
grant Principal chp02.UserPrincipal "user"
{
// not granted anything
};
grant Principal chp02.SysAdminPrincipal "sysadmin"
{
permission java.io.FilePermission "conf/chp02.policy", "read";
};

Configuration File

chp02
{
chp02.auth.SimpleLoginModule REQUIRED;
};

Can someone help

Thanks
Shashank

[Ulf Dittmer]

Your post seems to contain the answer to your question already: the user running the application needs to have the "AuthPermission createLoginContext.chp02" permission.

[Nikhil Jain]

how do I give him the permission. I am using JAAS for the first time. I am doing a tutorial, which has not mentioned anything about this permission

javax.security.auth.AuthPermission

thanks

shashank

[Ulf Dittmer]

Probably by adding a line like

permission javax.security.auth.AuthPermission "createLoginContext.chp02";

to the "user" and "sysadmin" entries in the policy file. Once that works, other permissions may also be needed; have a look at the javadocs of the AuthPermission class for more detail.