.TH policyeditor 1 "10 Mar 2014"

.SH NAME

policyeditor - view and modify security policy settings for
.B javaws
and the browser plugin

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B policyeditor
.br
.B policyeditor [-file]
policy_file
.B [-codebase]
url
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B policyeditor
is a GUI application with small command line support to view and edit applet security policy settings
used by the icedtea-web implementation of
.B javaws
and the browser plugin. It is intended as a simpler, easier to use, and more
accessible alternative to the standard JDK Policy Tool. Administrators and
power users who need fine grained control over policy files should probably
use Policy Tool instead of PolicyEditor.

If executed without any arguments, no file is opened, and saving the file will
result in a prompt on where to save it. Otherwise, if a file path is given as
a command line argument, then that file path will be opened and parsed as a
policy file.


.SH OPTIONS

.TP
-help
Prints a short help text and exits.

.TP
-file policy_file
Specifies a policy file path to open. If exactly one argument is given, and it
is not this flag, it is interpreted as a file path to open, as if this flag
was given first. This flag exists mostly for compatibility with Policy Tool,
but is also needed when opening a policy file and also using the -codebase flag.

.TP
-codebase url
Specifies an applet codebase URL. If the specified codebase already exists in
the policy file (if any), then it will be selected when the editor opens. If
it is a new codebase then it will be added and selected. Multiple URLs may also
be given with a single -codebase flag by separating them with spaces. In this
case, the last codebase given will be selected, and all will be added. If this
flag is given more than once, only the first is used.

.SH EXAMPLES

.TP
policyeditor
Show the GUI editor

.TP
policyeditor -file $HOME/.config/icedtea-web/security/java.policy
Opens the default user-level policy file location


.SH FILES

$HOME/.config/icedtea-web/security/java.policy the default user-level policy file location

.SH BUGS

There aren't any known bugs. If you come across one, please file it at
    http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/

.SH AUTHOR

Written and maintained by the IcedTea contributors.

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR policytool (1),
.BR javaws (1),
.BR java (1)
.br
http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web