[BATIK-902] Batik can't be executed from a network path (win32 environment)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.7
• Component/s: SVG Rasterizer
• Environment: Operating System: Windows XP; Platform: PC
• Assignee: Batik Developer's Mailing list
• Reporter: Pierre
• Created: 08/Apr/09 04:51
• Updated: 31/May/09 02:49

Description

If batik binaries are stored of a windows network share (or samba..), and the '-jar' parameter gave to java.exe is a UNC format, and not a mapped drive, batik crashes.

What I tried is to create a network share on my own local hard drive, and tried the following, from jre bin directory :

java.exe -jar \\lwpbk\batik-1.7\batik-rasterizer.jar

When I do this, I get the message you can see below.
I have all the R/W rights on the share, which is on my local machine.

-If now I replace the UNC path by a local path (c:\... \batik\batik-rasterizer.jar), it works fine.
-If I map the network share, and use the drive letter in the parameter it works also fine.
If I give as parameter a UNC path to specify source svg (but letter drive for jar file), no problem, it handles properly.
I tried to compile the last "nightly build" (batik-src-09-03-19.zip), but doesn't change anything.

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java.exe -jar \\lwpbk\batik-1.7\batik-rasterizer.
jar
Exception in thread "main" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (
java.util.PropertyPermission java.security.policy write)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.System.setProperty(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.batik.util.ApplicationSecurityEnforcer.installSecurityMana
ger(ApplicationSecurityEnforcer.java:257)
at org.apache.batik.util.ApplicationSecurityEnforcer.enforceSecurity(App
licationSecurityEnforcer.java:173)
at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.execute(Main.java:922)
at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.main(Main.java:992)

On version 1.7, I modified
\batik-1.7\sources\org\apache\batik\apps\rasterizer\SVGConverter.java
line 257, and set the variable securityOff to true.
It seems to fix my problem.
/** Controls whether scripts should be run securely or not */
protected boolean securityOff = true;

Of course it does the trick for me, but not satisfactory for your project. I don't have enough skills with Java to help you on this.