Clarify how `-Djava.security.policy=someURL` must be passed

Closes #17160
2016-03-17 14:13:19 +01:00 · 2016-03-17 14:13:19 +01:00 · bd059b8cc3
parent d17fd335e4
commit bd059b8cc3
1 changed files with 7 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/docs/reference/modules/scripting/security.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/modules/scripting/security.asciidoc
@ -100,7 +100,13 @@ Security Policy either:

 * system wide: `$JAVA_HOME/lib/security/java.policy`,
 * for just the `elasticsearch` user: `/home/elasticsearch/.java.policy`, or
-* from a file specified on the command line: `-Djava.security.policy=someURL`
+* from a file specified in the `JAVA_OPTS` environment variable with `-Djava.security.policy=someURL`:
+
+[source,js]
+---------------------------------
+export JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Djava.security.policy=file:///path/to/my.policy`
+./bin/elasticsearch
+---------------------------------

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