How do I alter Java security settings?

[znx]

Thanks for the ideas. I found java.policy buried at /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-icedtea-1.7.0.0/jre/lib/security/. Very obvious! 

Adding the permission just for the website had no effect. Adding a blanket permission got rid of the error message, but left me with a blank pop-up window. The error console revealed a fatal error: init is not defined. This looks like a mistake in the applet, but is certainly down to Fedora's Java -- no-one else has reported any serious problems to the library.

 

This is the sort of thing that always deters me from recommending Linux [img]<___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_mad.gif[/img]

 

Hrmm, I can't directly think of anything that is wrong there but a suggestion would be to use JRE 1.6 instead of 1.7.

 

To install do this:

 

- Download the Java from Sun's download site. http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp (Choose the Linux RPM version)

 

- Open a terminal and become root, then:

Code:

sh jre-6u5-linux-i586.bin

 

Answer yes, then it will go ahead and install Java. Finally you need to link in your java plugin.

 

Do:

Code:

locate libjavaplugin_oji

 

That should show something with the "1.6.0_05" it in path. Use that to link into your firefox:

Code:

ln -s thefullpathto/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

 

Then open up your java and have a go. You might need to find and edit the java.policy file again this time the 1.6 policy file instead of the 1.7 one!

 

I can fully understand your annoyance with this sort of thing. I have found that java either works perfectly first time or is a real challenge to work (which is why I said I hated it in the first place :)).

 

Tell us how you get on.