[7u6] Request for approval for CR 7144530: KeyTab.getInstance(String) no longer handles keyTabNames with "file:" prefix

[Weijun Wang]

Hi All

This is a request to backport a jdk8 fix into jdk7u6.

CR: 7144530: KeyTab.getInstance(String) no longer handles keyTabNames with "file:" prefix
Weblink: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7144530

Description:

We used to support specifying a keytab using a file-schemed URI, say,

   file:/etc/krb5/krb5.tab

An RFE in JDK 7 rewrote the keytab reading codes and this is not supported anymore. This fix supports it again.

The fix is already included in jdk8 as:

   URL:       http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/0243e7c0b0fb
   Reviewed-by: valeriep

The patch for jdk7u6 is identical to the one in jdk8.

I intend to push it to

   ssh://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev-gate/jdk

Thanks
Weijun