🚀 go-pugleaf

So, I know the answer and it's a Netscape problem: The browser gets confused
about the identity of the client, the server and the rules about applets
accessing the client when they are ON THE SAME MACHINE.  If the client and
server are different machines, no problem.

Obviously, a machine should be able to be it's own web server and web client
without getting schizophrenic about security ("I'm the server, no, I'm the
client, but wait a minute, an applet can't have access to client resources, but
I'm also the server, which means I'm the client, which means I can't have
access to my own resources. But, then, why am I serving up HTML pages to
myself? Don't I have to access them from theserver, I mean the client, I mean ...
Oh god, I'm soooo confused").

So, in the most popular developer configuration, a single workstation, an
RmiJdbc user will need a signed applet and to use the Netscape Capabilities
API! Or, maybe, Netscape will fix their bug now that I've reported it.

Marc

Jeff wrote:

> The appletViewer doesn't have as stringent security as Netscape.
> To access system variables you need to call Netscapes's Capabilities API.
> Take a link at: http://developer.netscape.com/library/examples/index.html
>
> Marc Kenig wrote:
> >
> > I'm using RmiJdbc to go from the "pre-release" Netscape Java 1.1 browser
> >
> > (Communicator 4.02J2) on a Sparc (Solaris 2.5.1) to an RmiJdbc server
> > also on Solaris. (I connect to a Harmonia database)
> >
> > The application works just fine from appletviewer.
> > In Netscape, however, I get the following Security Exception error:
> > checkpropsaccess.key/UniversalProeprtyRead
> > (see full log, below). Has anybody else encountered this? Does anybody
> > have any
> > idea what the matter could be? And, of course, most importantly, a
> > workaround? (Yes, I realize I'm using a ''pre-release'' of
> > Netscape Communicator, and yes, I'm going to rattle their cages and no,
> > it's not on any of their FAQs or release notes).
> >
> > But I thought I'd ask and see if anybody has run into this particular
> > issue?
> >
> > Marc Kenig
> >
> > -----------Begin Java Console log:
> >
> > Netscape Communications Corporation -- Java 1.1.2
> > Type '?' for options.
> > # Security Exception: checkpropsaccess.key
> > url = jdbc:rmi://sunusbt/jdbc:harmonia:local:SUNPO;memtemp=true
> > info = {}
> > RMI_ADDRESS = //sunusbt/RmiJdbcServer
> > JDBC_URL = jdbc:harmonia:local:SUNPO;memtemp=true
> > # Security Exception: checkpropsaccess.key
> > java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError:
> > netscape.security.AppletSecurityException: security.checkpropsaccess.key
> >
> > #  UniversalPropertyRead privilege not enabled: Reading information
> > stored in your computer, such as your user name
> >   at java.rmi.Naming.getRegistry(Naming.java:154)
> >   at java.rmi.Naming.lookup(Naming.java:55)
> >   at RmiJdbc.RJConnection.<init>(RJConnection.java:41)
> >   at RmiJdbc.RJDriver.connect(RJDriver.java:125)
> >   at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:91)
> >   at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:149)
> >   at SunPO.MainView.init(MainView.java:159)
> > * at
> > netscape.applet.DerivedAppletFrame$InitAppletEvent.dispatch(DerivedAppletFrame.java:547)
> >
> >   at
> > java.awt.EventDispatchThread$EventPump.dispatchEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:71)
> >
> >   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)
> >   at
> > netscape.applet.DerivedAppletFrame$AppletEventDispatchThread.run(DerivedAppletFrame.java:930)