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Access denied when creating keystore for Android app

Asked 2011-07-06T20:18:50.230
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I am trying to sign my Android app so I can release it in Market. When I generate the keystore, I get an access denied error. How do I fix this?

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This is what I've been trying to do:

  1. Right click project in Eclipse Helios.
  2. Android Tools > Export Signed Application Package.
  3. Click next.
  4. I check "Create new keystore" and realize it does nothing to help me. It still asks for the location of keystore. So I decide to do it the hard way.
  5. Turned off read-only access on C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin and granted the CREATOR OWNER group full control of the folder.
  6. Open command line on Windows 7 64-bit.
  7. Traverse to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin.
  8. Run keytool.
  9. Got an access denied error.

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C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin>keytool -genkey -v -alias company -keyalg R
SA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -keystore company.keystore
Enter keystore password:
Re-enter new password:
What is your first and last name?
  [Unknown]:  John Smith
What is the name of your organizational unit?
  [Unknown]:  Android
What is the name of your organization?
  [Unknown]:  Company
What is the name of your City or Locality?
  [Unknown]:  Albany
What is the name of your State or Province?
  [Unknown]:  NY
What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
  [Unknown]:  US
Is CN=John Smith, OU=Android, O=Company, L=Albany, ST=NY, C=US correct?
  [no]:  yes

Generating 2,048 bit RSA key pair and self-signed certificate (SHA1withRSA) with
 a validity of 10,000 days
        for: CN=John Smith, OU=Android, O=Company, L=Albany, ST=NY, C=US
Enter key password for <veetle>
        (RETURN if same as keystore password):
Re-enter new password:
[Storing company.keystore]
keytool error: java.io.FileNotFoundException: veetle.keystore (Access is
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The keystore that the Android SDK needs access to is not the same of the JDK. You can simply use the "create new keystore" option of the Android wizard and choose any folder you have write access to: the wizard will create there a new keystore. You don't need to use keytool form JDK.

answered 2011-07-06T20:29:15.167
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Fixing the problem on win7 (yuk) without Eclipse: i have the environment variable JAVA_HOME set to ..../JDK1.7.0_03 (android programmed from GLbasic), and i did only 2 things to fix the problem: 1) in the folder ..../Java/JDK1.7.0_03 i removed the "read-only" permission of the /bin sub-folder, which contains keytool.exe. 2) i opened the console "as administrator" (although it's the only account on my win7). then you do cd...JDK / bin, run again keytool.exe, and you get the file nickname.keystore auto-generated in JDK / bin. Once everything is done you could re-assign the "read-only" permission. Good luck!

answered 2012-06-28T10:18:59.743
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If you are using Windows 7, make sure you are running eclipse as an administrator.

answered 2012-05-15T13:47:06.713

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