[FELIX-1908] PreferencesService doesn't work if a PermissionAdmin is present

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: prefs-1.0.4
• Fix Version/s: prefs-1.0.6
• Component/s: Preferences Service
• Assignee: Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo
• Reporter: Ulf Dittmer
• Created: 30/Nov/09 09:55
• Updated: 25/May/13 01:07
• Resolved: 25/May/13 01:07

Description

If a PermissionAdmin service is present, then a bundle making use of PreferencesService currently needs a "org.osgi.service.prefs.PreferencesService" "get" ServicePermission (which is as it should be), but also a FilePermission for the felix-cache subdirectory that contains the data for the PreferencesService bundle. WIthout it, an attempt to alter preferences results in a security exception.

A bundle should not have (or need) file access to another bundle's private data.