diff -r f09a60fb5967 -r 619035df6988 jdk/test/com/sun/tools/attach/PermissionTest.java
--- a/jdk/test/com/sun/tools/attach/PermissionTest.java	Tue Dec 03 23:09:17 2013 -0800
+++ b/jdk/test/com/sun/tools/attach/PermissionTest.java	Tue Dec 03 17:06:23 2013 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -21,39 +21,119 @@
  * questions.
  */
 
-/*
- *
- *
- * Unit test for Attach API - this checks that a SecurityException is thrown as
- * expected.
- */
 import com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine;
 import com.sun.tools.attach.AttachNotSupportedException;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.io.File;
+import jdk.testlibrary.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.testlibrary.ProcessTools;
+import jdk.testlibrary.ProcessThread;
 
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6173612 6273707 6277253 6335921 6348630 6342019 6381757
+ * @summary Basic unit tests for the VM attach mechanism.
+ * @library /lib/testlibrary
+ * @run build Application Shutdown
+ * @run main PermissionTest
+ *
+ * Unit test for Attach API -
+ * this checks that a SecurityException is thrown as expected.
+ */
 public class PermissionTest {
-    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
-        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
-        if (sm == null) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Test configuration error - no security manager set");
-        }
 
-        String pid = args[0];
-        boolean shouldFail = Boolean.parseBoolean(args[1]);
-
+    /*
+     * The actual test is in the nested class TestMain.
+     * The responsibility of this class is to:
+     * 1. Start the Application class in a separate process.
+     * 2. Find the pid and shutdown port of the running Application.
+     * 3. Run the tests in TstMain that will attach to the Application.
+     * 4. Shut down the Application.
+     */
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {
+        final String pidFile ="TestPermission.Application.pid";
+        ProcessThread processThread = null;
+        RunnerUtil.ProcessInfo info = null;
         try {
-            VirtualMachine.attach(pid).detach();
-            if (shouldFail) {
-                throw new RuntimeException("SecurityException should be thrown");
+            processThread = RunnerUtil.startApplication(pidFile);
+            info = RunnerUtil.readProcessInfo(pidFile);
+            runTests(info.pid);
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            System.out.println("TestPermission got unexpected exception: " + t);
+            t.printStackTrace();
+            throw t;
+        } finally {
+            // Make sure the Application process is stopped.
+            RunnerUtil.stopApplication(info.shutdownPort, processThread);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Runs the actual test the nested class TestMain.
+     * The test is run in a separate process because we need to add to the classpath.
+     */
+    private static void runTests(int pid) throws Throwable {
+        final String sep = File.separator;
+
+        // Need to add jdk/lib/tools.jar to classpath.
+        String classpath =
+            System.getProperty("test.class.path", "") + File.pathSeparator +
+            System.getProperty("test.jdk", ".") + sep + "lib" + sep + "tools.jar";
+        String testSrc = System.getProperty("test.src", "") + sep;
+
+        // Use a policy that will NOT allow attach. Test will verify exception.
+        String[] args = {
+            "-classpath",
+            classpath,
+            "-Djava.security.manager",
+            String.format("-Djava.security.policy=%sjava.policy.deny", testSrc),
+            "PermissionTest$TestMain",
+            Integer.toString(pid),
+            "true" };
+        OutputAnalyzer output = ProcessTools.executeTestJvm(args);
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+        // Use a policy that will allow attach.
+        args = new String[] {
+            "-classpath",
+            classpath,
+            "-Djava.security.manager",
+            String.format("-Djava.security.policy=%sjava.policy.allow", testSrc),
+            "PermissionTest$TestMain",
+            Integer.toString(pid),
+            "false" };
+        output = ProcessTools.executeTestJvm(args);
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is the actual test code. It will attach to the Application and verify
+     * that we get a SecurityException when that is expected.
+     */
+    public static class TestMain {
+        public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+            SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
+            if (sm == null) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Test configuration error - no security manager set");
             }
-            System.out.println(" - attached to target VM as expected.");
-        } catch (Exception x) {
-            // AttachNotSupportedException thrown when no providers can be loaded
-            if (shouldFail && ((x instanceof AttachNotSupportedException) ||
-                (x instanceof SecurityException))) {
-                System.out.println(" - exception thrown as expected.");
-            } else {
-                throw x;
+
+            String pid = args[0];
+            boolean shouldFail = Boolean.parseBoolean(args[1]);
+
+            try {
+                VirtualMachine.attach(pid).detach();
+                if (shouldFail) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("SecurityException should be thrown");
+                }
+                System.out.println(" - attached to target VM as expected.");
+            } catch (Exception x) {
+                // AttachNotSupportedException thrown when no providers can be loaded
+                if (shouldFail && ((x instanceof AttachNotSupportedException) ||
+                    (x instanceof SecurityException))) {
+                    System.out.println(" - exception thrown as expected.");
+                } else {
+                    throw x;
+                }
             }
         }
     }