I am running tomcat 5.5.9 with a security manager. I am testing an application that still uses the servlet 2.3 web.xml file and jstl 1-0-5
My policy file has an entry like: grant signedby "software", Principal com.mypackage.MyPrincipal "Paul" { .... permissions. }; This principal is bundled in a jar file in the web application's /WEB-INF/lib directory. I also have a security constraint defined in web.xml for web pages in a certain directory that require authorization. After logging in to access a page in the protected directory, I get the following exception: java.lang.ClassCircularityError: com/mypackage/MyPrincipal at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:242) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.addPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1403) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1307) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1270) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1211) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.implies(PolicyFile.java:1166) at java.security.ProtectionDomain.implies(ProtectionDomain.java:195) at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:249) at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:427) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:532) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:871) at java.io.File.exists(File.java:700) at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.file(FileDirContext.java:824) at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.lookup(FileDirContext.java:210) at org.apache.naming.resources.ProxyDirContext.lookup(ProxyDirContext.java:293) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findResourceInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1699) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1570) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:850) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1299) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1181) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:242) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.addPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1403) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1307) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1270) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.getPermissions(PolicyFile.java:1211) at sun.security.provider.PolicyFile.implies(PolicyFile.java:1166) at java.security.ProtectionDomain.implies(ProtectionDomain.java:195) at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:249) at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:427) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:532) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:871) at java.io.File.exists(File.java:700) at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.file(FileDirContext.java:824) at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.lookup(FileDirContext.java:210) at org.apache.naming.resources.ProxyDirContext.lookup(ProxyDirContext.java:293) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findResourceInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1699) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1570) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:850) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1299) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1181) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.newInstance(FactoryFinder.java:88) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.findJarServiceProvider(FactoryFinder.java:278) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.find(FactoryFinder.java:185) at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance(SAXParserFactory.java:107) at org.apache.taglibs.standard.tlv.JstlBaseTLV.validate(JstlBaseTLV.java:177) at org.apache.taglibs.standard.tlv.JstlCoreTLV.validate(JstlCoreTLV.java:137) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.validate(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:750) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validateXmlView(Validator.java:1527) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validate(Validator.java:1495) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:157) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:286) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:267) at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:255) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:556) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:293) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:243) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:517) at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:275) at org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:161) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:245) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.access$000(ApplicationFilterChain.java:50) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain$1.run(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:152) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:465) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.access$000(ApplicationDispatcher.java:66) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher$PrivilegedForward.run(ApplicationDispatcher.java:81) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:293) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:362) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.throwable(StandardHostValve.java:211) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:134) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) If I remove the entry from my policy file it works correctly. If I access a JSP page in the protected directory that does not use JSTL it work correctly. If I ask a page with JSTL outside of the protected directory it works correctly. Is this a known bug or is my configuration possibly wrong? Or there any code debugging options for tracking down a java.lang.ClassCircularityError exception? Thank you. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]