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Hank Barta

Posted: 2004-1-26 0:39:00

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java-programmer, grant execute file permission to a JSP? I'm trying to run an external command from a JSP and instead get
the exception:

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission /usr/bin/killall execute)

which seems clear enough. (The code runs and works from within a
console application.)

The OS is Linux and the application server is the one that
installs with the J2EE sdk from Sun. It is installed within my
home directory and runs under my user ID exposing deployed JSPs
at http://localhost:8080/

I've added the following code to both my ~/.java.policy file and
the ${java.home}/jdk/jre/lib/security/java.policy file:

grant codeBase "http://localhost:8080/-" {
permission java.io.FilePermission "/usr/bin/killall", "execute";
permission java.security.AllPermission;
};

Neither of the entries in either of the files makes any
difference. The only change I've made that has any affect at all
is to change the command from 'killall ...' to '/usr/bin/killall
...' which changed the file reference in the exception from "<<ALL
FILES>>" to "/usr/bin/killall".

Each time I made a change in the policy files, I restarted the
application server to make sure it was using the new file contents.

I'm clearly overlooking something or have something wrong. Any
suggestions on how to resolve this would be most welcomed!

thanks,
hank

Hank Barta

Posted: 2004-1-26 1:38:00

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java-programmer >> grant execute file permission to a JSP? Hank Barta <email***@***.com> wrote:

OK, a bit of the solution is changing:

> grant codeBase "http://localhost:8080/-" {
> permission java.io.FilePermission "/usr/bin/killall", "execute";
> permission java.security.AllPermission;
> };

to:

grant {
permission java.io.FilePermission "/usr/bin/killall", "execute";
permission java.security.AllPermission;
};

But I suspect that this grants the indicated permissions to
everything. How can I restrict this to my JSPs? In other words,
what should the "CodeBase "http://localhost:8080/-" be for JSPs on
my host? Or is this the correct solution?

thanks,
hank

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    >
    > >> It will however make it even more of a living hell to explain tonovices
    > >> that a setter/getter pair need not be backed by one andonly one field
    > >> of the arguemnt type.
    > >
    > > Getter/setter pairs that are not backed with fields are used all the
    > > time in Java. I'm only proposing an easier syntax for their use.
    > > Regarding the novices bit, OO theory says that when you call a method,
    > > you should *not* be concerned with how it's implemented. I feel you
    > > should not be telling novices that a getter/setter pair always has to
    > > be backed with a field.
    >
    > This is what i said. Most assume it has to be backed by a field, and if
    > you use field access syntax, you reinforce that notion.
    Maybe, but I still think it's straightforward for novices to
    understand that what looks like a field access may be an invocation,
    once you explain it to them. There are tougher concepts novices must
    understand.
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  - Pre-Populate a Form that nested tagsI have a Struts action form which contains a bean. I am trying to
    display a bean retrieved from the database in this form using the
    nested tag. Can anyone help me? I continue to get an error message
    see end for stack trace.
    
    Struts config
    <form-bean name="newBean" type="com.NewForm" />
    .....
    <action path="/new-action" type="com.NewAction"
    name="newBean" scope="session">
    <forward name="blah" path="/New.jsp"/>
    </action>
    
    Bean
    public class Program implements Serializable {
    
    private int prg_pk;
    private String prg_prog_name = null;
    private Set courses;
    
    getters()/setters()
    
    Form
    public class NewForm extends ActionForm {
    
    private Program program;
    
    /**
    * Returns the program.
    * @return Program
    */
    public Program getTheProgram() {
    return program;
    }
    
    /**
    * Sets the program.
    * @param program The program to set
    */
    public void setTheProgram(Program program) {
    this.program = program;
    }
    
    public void reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest
    request) {
    
    HttpSession session = request.getSession();
    setTheProgram((Program) session.getAttribute("PROGRAM"));
    
    }
    
    }
    
    JSP
    <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>
    <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
    <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %>
    <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld" prefix="nested" %>
    
    <nested:form action="/new-action.do">
    <nested:nest property="program" >
    <nested:write property="prg_prog_name"/>
    </nested:nest>
    
    </nested:form>
    
    Stack Trace
    java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.util.Hashtable.get(Hashtable.java:315)
    at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.findAttribute(PageContextImpl.java:303)
    at org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.lookup(RequestUtils.java:663)
    at org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.lookup(RequestUtils.java:710)
    at org.apache.struts.taglib.bean.WriteTag.doStartTag(WriteTag.java:290)
    at org.apache.struts.taglib.nested.bean.NestedWriteTag.doStartTag(Unknown
    Source)
    at org.apache.jsp.New$jsp._jspService(New$jsp.java:114)
    at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:107)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:201)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:381)
    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:473)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:190)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2347)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1027)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1125)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)
- 12
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- 13
  - Failed to load or instantiate TagExtraInfo classI am using struts-1.3.8 tiles together with Spring, now I wanted to
    implement my own custom tag. Following a book example, I wrote a
    TagHandler that extends "SimpleTagSupport". Eclipse told me I needed
    to import the jsp-api.2.0.jar from tomcat, so I did.
    
    However, this always results in the error:
    
    org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /WEB-INF/jsp/myjsp.jsp(1,1) Unable
    to read TLD "META-INF/tld/struts-tiles.tld" from JAR file
    "file:myFileLocation": org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Failed to
    load or instantiate TagExtraInfo class:
    org.apache.struts.tiles.taglib.UseAttributeTei
    
    I did some research on the web, there it's said not to include the jsp-
    api.2.0.jar (but not why not to), and yes, this solves the problem -
    but how can I implement my Tag handler without using this jar file?
    Eclipse doesn't find the required classes otherwise...
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    Christine
- 14
  - C++ to Java aplet, need help to understand.Hi,
    
    I have a c++ application that uses Direct X to get images from my webcam.
    Now I want to stream images from my application to the internet.
    
    I just want to make sure I understand how a java applet would, (should?),
    work.
    
    When the user load the page where the java applet is located, the applet
    makes a request to my machine for an image.
    The applet then displays the image at a certain location in the page.
    So a java applet does not really 'stream' videos, instead it makes a request
    for an image every 'x' seconds.
    
    All the applet needs is address and port where my application is located,
    (and the name of the function that will return the frame).
    
    Sadly I have no knowledge of Java, (well a little maybe).
    Where could I find some code for an applet that would make a request to my
    application.
    How can a java applet make a request to a win 32 c++ application?
    
    And what would the code look like in an html page?
    
    Many thanks in advance for any help/code.
    
    Simon
- 15
  - Overheads involved in repeated acces to a database using JDBCI have an application that inserts words and their associated values
    into a hashtable. If the word already exists in the hashtable, the
    value associated with the word is increased in the hashtable. When the
    hashtable is complete, I write its contents into a simple, two-column
    table in a singer-user database using jdbc.I'm using MS Access at the
    moment because my database doesn't need to support multiple -users or
    very complex queries.
    
    -Would I be better to take the hashtable out of the equation all
    together? (i.e. read, write and update the values in the database as I
    go along).
    
    -Do you know if there is much overhead involved in contacting a
    database in this way, as I would need to do it about 4,000 times?
    
    I'm not sure how jdbc works.
    -Can you alter the result set repeatedly and do a mass write to the
    database at the end?
    
    -Would another type of database suit my needs better?
    
    Thanks in advance
    ~M