RFR: JDK-6782021: It is not possible to read local computer certificates with the SunMSCAPI provider [v6]

Tue May 17 02:01:38 UTC 2022

On Wed, 11 May 2022 16:01:39 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
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> Mat Carter has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Change admin privilege test to reliable method

Marked as reviewed by weijun (Reviewer).

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