Re: help! rmi server constructor throws ExceptionInInitializerError ?? is this an rmi bug ??

I don't think that your original message, which you seem to have
excerpted below, actually made it to this list.  If you (re?)post the
complete stack trace of the ExceptionInInitializerError, along with
other relevant information like JDK version, full command lines, etc.,
we might be able to diagnose the problem.

Without knowing any of the above, I would guess that some application
class is attempting some operation in its static initializer that
requires a permission, but your security policy is not granting it
that permission-- thus, the static initializer fails with a
SecurityException when there is a security manager, which the VM wraps
in an ExceptionInInitializerError when it propagates outside the
initializer.

As far as whether you should care if there is a security manager-- you
should care if there is a possibility of untrusted code running in the
virtual machine, or if you intend to dynamically load classes through
RMI, which is disabled if there is no security manager set.

-- Peter


Quoting al joslin <[email protected]>:
> Hello all,
>
>     the plot thickens (or thins, depending on your perspective)
>
>     I can now get the server to instantiate -- by commenting out the call to
> load the RMISecurityManager
>
>     What does this mean?
>
>     Should I care?
>
>     Certainly my RMI is working now, and it's between machines behind
> firewalls, and I can use encrypted parms if I want to be safer...
>
> Al;
>
>
>> // Create and install a security manager
>> if (System.getSecurityManager() == null) {
>>
>>  System.setSecurityManager(new RMISecurityManager());
>>  System.out.println(" log: System.setSecurityManager(new
>> RMISecurityManager());");
>> }

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