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System properties and security policy

System properties and security policy
 
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public class GetProps {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    /* Test reading properties w & w/out security manager */

    String s;

    try {

      System.out.println("About to get os.name property value");

      s = System.getProperty("os.name", "not specified");
      System.out.println("  The name of your operating system is: " + s);

      System.out.println("About to get java.version property value");

      s = System.getProperty("java.version", "not specified");
      System.out.println("  The version of the JVM you are running is: "
          + s);

      System.out.println("About to get user.home property value");

      s = System.getProperty("user.home", "not specified");
      System.out.println("  Your user home directory is: " + s);

      System.out.println("About to get java.home property value");

      s = System.getProperty("java.home", "not specified");
      System.out.println("  Your JRE installation directory is: " + s);

    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println("Caught exception " + e.toString());
    }

  }

}

//File: java.policy

/*


// Standard extensions get all permissions by default

grant codeBase "file:${java.home}/lib/ext/" {
  permission java.security.AllPermission;
};

// default permissions granted to all domains

grant { 
  // allows anyone to listen on un-privileged ports
  permission java.net.SocketPermission "localhost:1024-", "listen";

  // "standard" properies that can be read by anyone

  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.version", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vendor", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vendor.url", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.class.version", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "os.name", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "os.version", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "os.arch", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "file.separator", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "path.separator", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "line.separator", "read";

  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.version", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.vendor", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.name", "read";

  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.version", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.vendor", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.name", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.version", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.vendor", "read";
  permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.name", "read";
};



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