policytool

You use policytool to read and write a plain text policy file based on user input through the utility GUI.

Note:

The policytool tool has been deprecated in JDK 9 and might be removed in the next major JDK release.

Synopsis

policytool [ -file ] [ filename ]

-file: Directs the policytool command to load a policy file.
filename: The name of the file to be loaded.

Description

The policytool command calls an administrator's GUI that enables system administrators to manage the contents of local policy files. A policy file is a plain-text file with a .policy extension, that maps remote requestors by ___domain, to permission objects. For details, see Default Policy Implementation and Policy File Syntax.

Examples

To run the policy tool administrator utility, use the following command:

policytool

To run the policytool command and load the specified file, use the following command line:

policytool -file mypolicyfile