Name: szR10253 Date: 11/13/2003


Filed By : SPB JCK team (###@###.###)
JDK : java full version "1.5.0-beta-b28"
JCK : 1.5
Platform[s] : Win2000
switch/Mode :
JCK test owner : http://javaweb.eng/jct/sqe/JCK-tck/usr/owners.jto
Failing Test [s] :
    api/java_io/File/descriptions.html#getCPath[File0102]


Specification excerpt:
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--------- J2SE API spec v.1.5 ---------
...
public String getCanonicalPath() throws IOException
    Throws:
        SecurityException - If a required system property value cannot be accessed.


public File getCanonicalFile() throws IOException

    Returns the canonical form of this abstract pathname. Equivalent to new File(this.getCanonicalPath()()).

    Throws:
        SecurityException - If a required system property value cannot be accessed.


...
---------- end-of-excerpt ---------------

Problem description
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On Windows 2000 these methods require "read" permission to a file though this is not specified.

    
Minimized test:
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------- Test.java -------

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.setSecurityManager(new SM());
        try {
            new File("", "file").getCanonicalPath();
            new File("", "file").getCanonicalFile();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    static class SM extends SecurityManager {
        public void checkPropertyAccess(String key) {
        }
        public void checkRead(String file) {
            super.checkRead(file);
        }
    }
}

------- end-of-Test.java -------

Minimized test output:
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Exception in thread "main" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (
java.io.FilePermission F:\file read)
        at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlConte
xt.java:264)
        at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:
401)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:524)
        at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:863)
        at Test$SM.checkRead(Test.java:21)
        at java.io.File.exists(File.java:692)
        at java.io.Win32FileSystem.canonicalize(Win32FileSystem.java:401)
        at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:526)
        at Test.main(Test.java:10)

JCK test source location:
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/java/re/jck/1.5/promoted/latest/JCK-runtime-15/tests

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