Where is the JRE lib/security directory on Mac OS X?

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I need to generate a cert and can't find this directory. Thanks!

Certificate generation in Java is handled by the `keytool` command. — John Haager, Dec 07 '11 at 00:54
Possible duplicate of [Where is the Folder /lib/security from JRE 8 under OS X?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33488490/where-is-the-folder-lib-security-from-jre-8-under-os-x) — roottraveller, Aug 08 '19 at 12:26

score 41 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '15 at 16:52

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On Mavericks (OS X 10.10) with Oracle Java 8, it appears to be:

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/security

answered Jul 02 '15 at 16:52

Lorin Hochstein

On OS X 10.10.5 the accepted answer did not work for me, but this answer did. – Paul Jun 07 '16 at 02:19
For installation of self signed certificates or any other certs, the right cacert path on Mac OS, with JDK 1.8 is /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_181.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/security to avoid sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException – saikarthik parachi Aug 30 '18 at 21:38

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '11 at 03:02

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I believe the equivalent directory to jre/lib/security under OS X is:

/Library/Java/Home/lib/security

answered Dec 07 '11 at 03:02

Shaun

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Apparently no longer. – tofutim Mar 23 '18 at 01:35
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for me it was at `/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-9.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/security ` – roottraveller Aug 08 '19 at 12:24

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '17 at 15:28

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The following works for 10.11.6

/Library/Java/Home/jre/lib/security

It's actually just a link to the

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/.../Contents/Home/jre/lib/security

answered Feb 14 '17 at 15:28

Mickael Tardy

Looks like this is still accurate as of Catalina (10.15). – SOLO Jul 07 '20 at 13:52

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 14 '19 at 23:38

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The location I've found on MacOS Mojave with jre 1.8.0 is:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/security

I was not trying to do any Java certificate-store stuff but needed to tweak some security settings for an applet.

Also, can you believe it's 2019 and we're still messing with this crap? ;)

answered Feb 14 '19 at 23:38

Pete Kowalsky

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Just give an answer, if you have any, rather than being sarcastic IMHO. – AhmadWabbi Feb 14 '19 at 23:43
Sorry I ruined your day. – Pete Kowalsky Feb 16 '19 at 01:28
It's ok. I can survive. – AhmadWabbi Feb 17 '19 at 22:29
This is the only answer that worked for me, thumbs up! – Vitor Boufleur Jul 29 '20 at 19:18

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 11 '20 at 07:28

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/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_231.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/security

edited Aug 11 '20 at 07:28

RKRK

answered Aug 11 '20 at 04:55

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