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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8056008

Windows and MacOS have the different ways to keep the authentication information

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    • jre9 b27,MacOS,Win7 x86

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      On Windows, If "Save this Password in your password list" is selected, next time the authentication dialog will not come out again and this decision is kept in the file "<deployment_user_home>/security/auth.dat".

      While on mac, that is not the case. Once the password is saved. We cannot make the authentication dialog show up again.

      Steps to reproduce:
      1) Try to launch http://rehte.cn.oracle.com:8080/FXBasicAuth/auth/jnlp/Hello.jnlp
      2) Input java/duke, select "Save this Password in your password list" and click OK.
      3) On windows, observe "<deployment_user_home>/security/auth.dat". is generated, while on mac, no such file is generated.
      4) On windows, Run "javaws -uninstall" and remove "<deployment_user_home>/security/auth.dat". The authentication dialog is able to show up again when launch the application next time. While on mac, there is no way to make the authentication dialog comes up again.

            dtitov Daniil Titov (Inactive)
            yanqchen Sheldon Chen (Inactive)
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