RFR: JDK-6782021: It is not possible to read local computer certificates with the SunMSCAPI provider

[Mat Carter]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:03:40 GMT, Mat Carter <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

> On Windows you can now access the local machine keystores using the strings "Windows-MY-LOCALMACHINE" and "Windows-ROOT-LOCALMACHINE"; note the application requires admin privileges.
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> "Windows-MY" and "Windows-ROOT" remain unchanged, however given these original keystore strings mapped to the current user, I added "Windows-MY-CURRENTUSER" and "Windows-ROOT-CURRENTUSER" so that a developer can explicitly specify the current user location. These two new strings simply map to the original two strings, i.e. no duplication of code paths etc
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> No new tests added, keystore functionality and API remains unchanged, the local machine keystore types would require the tests to run in admin mode
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> Tested on windows, passes tier1 and tier2 tests

Please see draft CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8284850

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8211