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Re: Accessing default .ke

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Roedy Green wrote:

> I currently have some code like this:
> 
>   /**
>      * where to find .keystore
>      */
>     private static final String KEYSTORE_FILENAME =
> "C:/users/roedy/.keystore";
> 
> 
> ....
> 
>     final KeyStore keystore = KeyStore.getInstance( "JKS" );
>         keystore.load( new FileInputStream( KEYSTORE_FILENAME ), null
> );
>         return ( PrivateKey ) keystore.getKey(
> RECEIVERS_PRIVATE_CERTIFICATE_ALIAS, PASSWORD );
> 
> 
> Is there a way to just get the default .keystore without having to
> guess where it is on disk?
> 

[1] says about user-level certificates:

>The default locations of the of the keystore files for Unix and Windows are as follows:
>
>Operating System        Location
>Unix                    ${user.home}/.java/deployment/security. 
>Windows                 ${deployment.user.home}\security

So you can access those through the system properties.

There's the location of system-wide certs just below in that document. I
hope this applies - the user.home would be one of the place to search,
definately, though.

[1]
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/deployment/deployment-guide/jcp.html>
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Accessing default .keysto "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 16:08 +0000
  Re: Accessing default .ke "Sabine Dinis Blochberger" <sabine.dinis.blochberger@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 16:08 +0000
    Re: Accessing default .ke "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 16:08 +0000
      Re: Accessing default .ke "Sabine Dinis Blochberger" <sabine.dinis.blochberger@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 16:08 +0000

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