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24.\" Software: JDK 8
25.\" Date: 03 March 2015
26.\" SectDesc: Security Tools
27.\" Title: policytool.1
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30.TH policytool 1 "03 March 2015" "JDK 8" "Security Tools"
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51.SH NAME
52policytool \- Reads and writes a plain text policy file based on user input through the utility GUI\&.
53.SH SYNOPSIS
54.sp
55.nf
56
57\fBpolicytool\fR [ \fB\-file\fR ] [ \fIfilename\fR ]
58.fi
59.sp
60.TP
61-file
62.br
63Directs the \f3policytool\fR command to load a policy file\&.
64.TP
65\fIfilename\fR
66The name of the file to be loaded\&.
67.PP
68\fIExamples\fR:
69.PP
70Run the policy tool administrator utility:
71.sp
72.nf
73\f3policytool\fP
74.fi
75.nf
76\f3\fP
77.fi
78.sp
79Run the \f3policytool\fR command and load the specified file:
80.sp
81.nf
82\f3policytool \-file \fImypolicyfile\fR\fP
83.fi
84.nf
85\f3\fP
86.fi
87.sp
88.SH DESCRIPTION
89The \f3policytool\fR 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 \f3\&.policy\fR extension, that maps remote requestors by domain, to permission objects\&. For details, see Default Policy Implementation and Policy File Syntax at http://docs\&.oracle\&.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/PolicyFiles\&.html
90.SH OPTIONS
91.TP
92-file
93.br
94Directs the \f3policytool\fR command to load a policy file\&.
95.SH SEE\ ALSO
96.TP 0.2i
97\(bu
98Default Policy Implementation and Policy File Syntax at http://docs\&.oracle\&.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/PolicyFiles\&.html
99.TP 0.2i
100\(bu
101Policy File Creation and Management at http://docs\&.oracle\&.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/PolicyGuide\&.html
102.TP 0.2i
103\(bu
104Permissions in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) at http://docs\&.oracle\&.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/permissions\&.html
105.TP 0.2i
106\(bu
107Java Security Overview at http://docs\&.oracle\&.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/overview/jsoverview\&.html
108.TP 0.2i
109\(bu
110Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) Reference Guide at http://docs\&.oracle\&.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec\&.html
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