RFR: JDK-6782021: It is not possible to read local computer certificates with the SunMSCAPI provider [v5]

Mat Carter duke at openjdk.java.net
Wed May 11 16:01:40 UTC 2022


On Tue, 10 May 2022 18:55:50 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.
>> 
>> "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
>> 
>> No new tests added, keystore functionality and API remains unchanged, the local machine keystore types would require the tests to run in admin mode
>> 
>> Tested on windows, passes tier1 and tier2 tests
>
> Mat Carter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Add test from wangweij

@christophbrejla - my goal is to backport to latest (18 or 19), 17 and 11

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



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