how to create a signed applet

> ok im getting there

>

> I entered "jarsigner -keystore .test.ks -signedjar

> MySignedJar.jar Original.jar test"

>

> I replaced Original.jar with my jar filename is there

> anything else in that line that I need to change.

>

> I do want to note that my jar file I want to assign

> is on my desktop and not in the java/bin folder. Not

> sure if that matters but wanted you to know

>

> Thanks

Doesn't matter where your jar is. You can reference that from wherever you want. I mentioned the /java/bin folder because that is where the keytool executable resides.

Navy_Codera at 2007-7-13 0:33:20 >

> LOL sorry about that. But thanks so far for the help

>

> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin>jarsigner

> -keystore .test.ks -signedjar My

> SignedJar.jar C:\Documents and

> Settings\god\Desktop\java_programming\picturepuzz

> le\distpicturepuzzle.jar test

> Enter Passphrase for keystore:

> jarsigner: Certificate chain not found for: and. and

> must reference a valid Key

> Store key entry containing a private key and

> corresponding public key certificat

> e chain.

>

> What is the next step

Did you run keytool to generate the .test.ks keystore file yet? And if so, where did you save it? You may have to put the absolute path to the keystore (just as you did with your jar files)

Navy_Codera at 2007-7-13 0:33:20 >

> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin>keytool -genkey

> -keyalg rsa -keystore .tes

> t.ks -alias test -validity 365

AH HAH! You're not creating .test.ks in your C:\ directory, you're creating it in C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin

Ammend your path in your jarsigner command to reflect the location of your .test.ks file and you should be set ;-)

Navy_Codera at 2007-7-13 0:33:20 >

> I did this and I still get error. It looks like in

> the error I get an error right after the word

> program. Do I need to use a special character for

> spaces?

>

> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin>jarsigner

> -keystore C:\Program Files\Java\

> jdk1.6.0_01\bin\.test.ks -signedjar MySignedJar.jar

> C:\Documents and Settings\go

> d\Desktop\java_programming\picturepuzzle\distpicturepu

> zzle.jar test

> Enter Passphrase for keystore:

> jarsigner error: java.lang.RuntimeException: keystore

> load: C:\Program (The syst

> em cannot find the file specified)

Well, if you're already executing from the bin directory, just use .\.test.ks (or put the whole path in double quotes "c:\Program Files\..."

Navy_Codera at 2007-7-21 23:14:33 >

> I did this and got this error. I executed ran the

> command lines you posted in a previous post and then

> answered those questions. maybe there are additional

> commands to run. from the error it looks like I need

> a public and private key.

>

> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin>jarsigner

> -keystore .\.test.ks -signedjar

> MySignedJar.jar C:\Documents and

> Settings\god\Desktop\java_programming\picturepu

> zzle\distpicturepuzzle.jar test

> Enter Passphrase for keystore:

> jarsigner: Certificate chain not found for: and. and

> must reference a valid Key

> Store key entry containing a private key and

> corresponding public key certificat

> e chain.

No. It's telling you what the problem is and I missed it, too. "and" is the name of the keystore it is trying to load. Everywhere that you have a full path (i.e. "documents and settings") you need to put the whole thing in quotes.

Try this:

jarsigner -keystore .\.test.ks -signedjar MySignedJar.jar "C:\Documents and Settings\god\Desktop\java_programming\picturepuzzle\distpicturepuzzle.jar" test

Message was edited by:

Navy_Coder

-- Added the "-" in front of the keystore switch

Navy_Codera at 2007-7-21 23:14:33 >

> I just got it to work. I just checked out the

> tutorial on

>

> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jws/develope

> rsguide/development.html#signing

>

> and did it from scratch. However it said that my

> certificate that I created will expire in 6 months.

> Is there a way to make it never expire?

No. The validity switch that I gave you will set it to 1 year. You can set that to whatever you want.

For future reference:

You really should read up on environment variables; path, classpath, etc. It would have saved you a bit of heartache. ;-)

Navy_Codera at 2007-7-21 23:14:33 >

> Yes Defininitely. I am not very familiar or good when

> it comes to commands in cmd and understanding certain

> functions in the java api but thanks so much for the

> help. I rewarded you 2 duke stars. I would have done

> more but 2 was the most it could let me. Not sure if

> that really helps. If so let me know and I will give

> you more.

>

> Thanks again

Don't worry about the duke stars - they aren't really worth anything here. (I honestly don't know why they have them at all...) I'm just glad that you got things working and that I could help.

Navy_Codera at 2007-7-21 23:14:33 >