diff -Nru openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/security/MBeanServerAccessController.java openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/security/MBeanServerAccessController.java
--- openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/security/MBeanServerAccessController.java	2009-04-06 18:37:03.000000000 +0100
+++ openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/security/MBeanServerAccessController.java	2009-04-06 18:44:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -111,6 +111,22 @@
      */
     protected abstract void checkWrite();
 
+    /**
+     * Check if the caller can create the named class.  The default
+     * implementation of this method calls {@link #checkWrite()}.
+     */
+    protected void checkCreate(String className) {
+        checkWrite();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the caller can unregister the named MBean.  The default
+     * implementation of this method calls {@link #checkWrite()}.
+     */
+    protected void checkUnregister(ObjectName name) {
+        checkWrite();
+    }
+
     //--------------------------------------------
     //--------------------------------------------
     //
@@ -148,7 +164,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkCreate(className)</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public ObjectInstance createMBean(String className, ObjectName name)
@@ -158,7 +174,7 @@
         MBeanRegistrationException,
         MBeanException,
         NotCompliantMBeanException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkCreate(className);
         SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
         if (sm == null) {
             Object object = getMBeanServer().instantiate(className);
@@ -170,7 +186,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkCreate(className)</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public ObjectInstance createMBean(String className, ObjectName name,
@@ -181,7 +197,7 @@
         MBeanRegistrationException,
         MBeanException,
         NotCompliantMBeanException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkCreate(className);
         SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
         if (sm == null) {
             Object object = getMBeanServer().instantiate(className,
@@ -196,7 +212,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkCreate(className)</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public ObjectInstance createMBean(String className,
@@ -209,7 +225,7 @@
         MBeanException,
         NotCompliantMBeanException,
         InstanceNotFoundException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkCreate(className);
         SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
         if (sm == null) {
             Object object = getMBeanServer().instantiate(className,
@@ -222,7 +238,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkCreate(className)</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public ObjectInstance createMBean(String className,
@@ -237,7 +253,7 @@
         MBeanException,
         NotCompliantMBeanException,
         InstanceNotFoundException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkCreate(className);
         SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
         if (sm == null) {
             Object object = getMBeanServer().instantiate(className,
@@ -394,45 +410,45 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkCreate(className)</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public Object instantiate(String className)
         throws ReflectionException, MBeanException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkCreate(className);
         return getMBeanServer().instantiate(className);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkCreate(className)</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public Object instantiate(String className,
                               Object params[],
                               String signature[])
         throws ReflectionException, MBeanException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkCreate(className);
         return getMBeanServer().instantiate(className, params, signature);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkCreate(className)</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public Object instantiate(String className, ObjectName loaderName)
         throws ReflectionException, MBeanException, InstanceNotFoundException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkCreate(className);
         return getMBeanServer().instantiate(className, loaderName);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkCreate(className)</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public Object instantiate(String className, ObjectName loaderName,
                               Object params[], String signature[])
         throws ReflectionException, MBeanException, InstanceNotFoundException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkCreate(className);
         return getMBeanServer().instantiate(className, loaderName,
                                             params, signature);
     }
@@ -579,12 +595,12 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call <code>checkWrite()</code>, then forward this method to the
+     * Call <code>checkUnregister()</code>, then forward this method to the
      * wrapped object.
      */
     public void unregisterMBean(ObjectName name)
         throws InstanceNotFoundException, MBeanRegistrationException {
-        checkWrite();
+        checkUnregister(name);
         getMBeanServer().unregisterMBean(name);
     }
 
diff -Nru openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/security/MBeanServerFileAccessController.java openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/security/MBeanServerFileAccessController.java
--- openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/security/MBeanServerFileAccessController.java	2009-04-06 18:37:03.000000000 +0100
+++ openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jmx/remote/security/MBeanServerFileAccessController.java	2009-04-06 18:49:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -31,11 +31,17 @@
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.Principal;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
-import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import javax.management.MBeanServer;
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
 import javax.security.auth.Subject;
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +52,8 @@
  * not allowed; in this case the request is not forwarded to the
  * wrapped object.</p>
  *
- * <p>This class implements the {@link #checkRead()} and {@link #checkWrite()}
+ * <p>This class implements the {@link #checkRead()}, {@link #checkWrite()},
+ * {@link #checkCreate(String)}, and {@link #checkUnregister(ObjectName)}
  * methods based on an access level properties file containing username/access
  * level pairs. The set of username/access level pairs is passed either as a
  * filename which denotes a properties file on disk, or directly as an instance
@@ -56,14 +63,50 @@
  * has exactly one access level. The same access level can be shared by several
  * usernames.</p>
  *
- * <p>The supported access level values are <i>readonly</i> and
- * <i>readwrite</i>.</p>
+ * <p>The supported access level values are {@code readonly} and
+ * {@code readwrite}.  The {@code readwrite} access level can be
+ * qualified by one or more <i>clauses</i>, where each clause looks
+ * like <code>create <i>classNamePattern</i></code> or {@code
+ * unregister}.  For example:</p>
+ * 
+ * <pre>
+ * monitorRole  readonly
+ * controlRole  readwrite \
+ *              create javax.management.timer.*,javax.management.monitor.* \
+ *              unregister
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * <p>(The continuation lines with {@code \} come from the parser for
+ * Properties files.)</p>
  */
 public class MBeanServerFileAccessController
     extends MBeanServerAccessController {
 
-    public static final String READONLY = "readonly";
-    public static final String READWRITE = "readwrite";
+    static final String READONLY = "readonly";
+    static final String READWRITE = "readwrite";
+
+    static final String CREATE = "create";
+    static final String UNREGISTER = "unregister";
+
+    private enum AccessType {READ, WRITE, CREATE, UNREGISTER};
+
+    private static class Access {
+        final boolean write;
+        final String[] createPatterns;
+        private boolean unregister;
+
+        Access(boolean write, boolean unregister, List<String> createPatternList) {
+            this.write = write;
+            int npats = (createPatternList == null) ? 0 : createPatternList.size();
+            if (npats == 0)
+                this.createPatterns = NO_STRINGS;
+            else
+                this.createPatterns = createPatternList.toArray(new String[npats]);
+            this.unregister = unregister;
+        }
+
+        private final String[] NO_STRINGS = new String[0];
+    }
 
     /**
      * <p>Create a new MBeanServerAccessController that forwards all the
@@ -87,8 +130,8 @@
         throws IOException {
         super();
         this.accessFileName = accessFileName;
-        props = propertiesFromFile(accessFileName);
-        checkValues(props);
+        Properties props = propertiesFromFile(accessFileName);
+        parseProperties(props);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -123,14 +166,14 @@
      * #setMBeanServer} method after doing access checks based on read and
      * write permissions.</p>
      *
-     * <p>This instance is initialized from the specified properties instance.
-     * This constructor makes a copy of the properties instance using its
-     * <code>clone</code> method and it is the copy that is consulted to check
-     * the username and access level of an incoming connection. The original
-     * properties object can be modified without affecting the copy. If the
-     * {@link #refresh} method is then called, the
-     * <code>MBeanServerFileAccessController</code> will make a new copy of the
-     * properties object at that time.</p>
+     * <p>This instance is initialized from the specified properties
+     * instance.  This constructor makes a copy of the properties
+     * instance and it is the copy that is consulted to check the
+     * username and access level of an incoming connection. The
+     * original properties object can be modified without affecting
+     * the copy. If the {@link #refresh} method is then called, the
+     * <code>MBeanServerFileAccessController</code> will make a new
+     * copy of the properties object at that time.</p>
      *
      * @param accessFileProps properties list containing the username/access
      * level entries.
@@ -145,8 +188,7 @@
         if (accessFileProps == null)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null properties");
         originalProps = accessFileProps;
-        props = (Properties) accessFileProps.clone();
-        checkValues(props);
+        parseProperties(accessFileProps);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -155,14 +197,14 @@
      * #setMBeanServer} method after doing access checks based on read and
      * write permissions.</p>
      *
-     * <p>This instance is initialized from the specified properties instance.
-     * This constructor makes a copy of the properties instance using its
-     * <code>clone</code> method and it is the copy that is consulted to check
-     * the username and access level of an incoming connection. The original
-     * properties object can be modified without affecting the copy. If the
-     * {@link #refresh} method is then called, the
-     * <code>MBeanServerFileAccessController</code> will make a new copy of the
-     * properties object at that time.</p>
+     * <p>This instance is initialized from the specified properties
+     * instance.  This constructor makes a copy of the properties
+     * instance and it is the copy that is consulted to check the
+     * username and access level of an incoming connection. The
+     * original properties object can be modified without affecting
+     * the copy. If the {@link #refresh} method is then called, the
+     * <code>MBeanServerFileAccessController</code> will make a new
+     * copy of the properties object at that time.</p>
      *
      * @param accessFileProps properties list containing the username/access
      * level entries.
@@ -184,16 +226,36 @@
      * Check if the caller can do read operations. This method does
      * nothing if so, otherwise throws SecurityException.
      */
+    @Override
     public void checkRead() {
-        checkAccessLevel(READONLY);
+        checkAccess(AccessType.READ, null);
     }
 
     /**
      * Check if the caller can do write operations.  This method does
      * nothing if so, otherwise throws SecurityException.
      */
+    @Override
     public void checkWrite() {
-        checkAccessLevel(READWRITE);
+        checkAccess(AccessType.WRITE, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the caller can create MBeans or instances of the given class.
+     * This method does nothing if so, otherwise throws SecurityException.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void checkCreate(String className) {
+        checkAccess(AccessType.CREATE, className);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the caller can do unregister operations.  This method does
+     * nothing if so, otherwise throws SecurityException.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void checkUnregister(ObjectName name) {
+        checkAccess(AccessType.UNREGISTER, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -218,14 +280,13 @@
      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if any of the supplied access
      * level values differs from "readonly" or "readwrite".
      */
-    public void refresh() throws IOException {
-        synchronized (props) {
-            if (accessFileName == null)
-                props = (Properties) originalProps.clone();
-            else
-                props = propertiesFromFile(accessFileName);
-            checkValues(props);
-        }
+    public synchronized void refresh() throws IOException {
+        Properties props;
+        if (accessFileName == null)
+            props = (Properties) originalProps;
+        else
+            props = propertiesFromFile(accessFileName);
+        parseProperties(props);
     }
 
     private static Properties propertiesFromFile(String fname)
@@ -234,13 +295,15 @@
         try {
             Properties p = new Properties();
             p.load(fin);
+	    // Properties.load does a buffered read so we don't need to wrap
+	    // the FileInputStream in a BufferedInputStream.
             return p;
         } finally {
             fin.close();
         }
     }
 
-    private void checkAccessLevel(String accessLevel) {
+    private synchronized void checkAccess(AccessType requiredAccess, String arg) {
         final AccessControlContext acc = AccessController.getContext();
         final Subject s =
             AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Subject>() {
@@ -250,38 +313,233 @@
                 });
         if (s == null) return; /* security has not been enabled */
         final Set<Principal> principals = s.getPrincipals();
+        String newPropertyValue = null;
         for (Principal p : principals) {
-            String grantedAccessLevel;
-            synchronized (props) {
-                grantedAccessLevel = props.getProperty(p.getName());
-            }
-            if (grantedAccessLevel != null) {
-                if (accessLevel.equals(READONLY) &&
-                    (grantedAccessLevel.equals(READONLY) ||
-                     grantedAccessLevel.equals(READWRITE)))
-                    return;
-                if (accessLevel.equals(READWRITE) &&
-                    grantedAccessLevel.equals(READWRITE))
+            Access access = accessMap.get(p.getName());
+            if (access != null) {
+                boolean ok;
+                switch (requiredAccess) {
+                    case READ:
+                        ok = true;  // all access entries imply read
+                        break;
+                    case WRITE:
+                        ok = access.write;
+                        break;
+                    case UNREGISTER:
+                        ok = access.unregister;
+                        if (!ok && access.write)
+                            newPropertyValue = "unregister";
+                         break;
+                    case CREATE:
+                        ok = checkCreateAccess(access, arg);
+                        if (!ok && access.write)
+                            newPropertyValue = "create " + arg;
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw new AssertionError();
+                }
+                if (ok)
                     return;
             }
         }
-        throw new SecurityException("Access denied! Invalid access level for " +
-                                    "requested MBeanServer operation.");
+        SecurityException se = new SecurityException("Access denied! Invalid " +
+                "access level for requested MBeanServer operation.");
+        // Add some more information to help people with deployments that
+        // worked before we required explicit create clauses. We're not giving
+        // any information to the bad guys, other than that the access control
+        // is based on a file, which they could have worked out from the stack
+        // trace anyway.
+        if (newPropertyValue != null) {
+            SecurityException se2 = new SecurityException("Access property " +
+                    "for this identity should be similar to: " + READWRITE +
+                    " " + newPropertyValue);
+            se.initCause(se2);
+        }
+        throw se;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean checkCreateAccess(Access access, String className) {
+        for (String classNamePattern : access.createPatterns) {
+            if (classNameMatch(classNamePattern, className))
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean classNameMatch(String pattern, String className) {
+        // We studiously avoided regexes when parsing the properties file,
+        // because that is done whenever the VM is started with the
+        // appropriate -Dcom.sun.management options, even if nobody ever
+        // creates an MBean.  We don't want to incur the overhead of loading
+        // all the regex code whenever those options are specified, but if we
+        // get as far as here then the VM is already running and somebody is
+        // doing the very unusual operation of remotely creating an MBean.
+        // Because that operation is so unusual, we don't try to optimize
+        // by hand-matching or by caching compiled Pattern objects.
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        StringTokenizer stok = new StringTokenizer(pattern, "*", true);
+        while (stok.hasMoreTokens()) {
+            String tok = stok.nextToken();
+            if (tok.equals("*"))
+                sb.append("[^.]*");
+            else
+                sb.append(Pattern.quote(tok));
+        }
+        return className.matches(sb.toString());
     }
 
-    private void checkValues(Properties props) {
-        Collection<?> c = props.values();
-        for (Iterator<?> i = c.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
-            final String accessLevel = (String) i.next();
-            if (!accessLevel.equals(READONLY) &&
-                !accessLevel.equals(READWRITE)) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "Syntax error in access level entry [" + accessLevel + "]");
+    private void parseProperties(Properties props) {
+        this.accessMap = new HashMap<String, Access>();
+        for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : props.entrySet()) {
+            String identity = (String) entry.getKey();
+            String accessString = (String) entry.getValue();
+            Access access = Parser.parseAccess(identity, accessString);
+            accessMap.put(identity, access);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class Parser {
+        private final static int EOS = -1;  // pseudo-codepoint "end of string"
+        static {
+            assert !Character.isWhitespace(EOS);
+        }
+
+        private final String identity;  // just for better error messages
+        private final String s;  // the string we're parsing
+        private final int len;   // s.length()
+        private int i;
+        private int c;
+        // At any point, either c is s.codePointAt(i), or i == len and
+        // c is EOS.  We use int rather than char because it is conceivable
+        // (if unlikely) that a classname in a create clause might contain
+        // "supplementary characters", the ones that don't fit in the original
+        // 16 bits for Unicode.
+
+        private Parser(String identity, String s) {
+            this.identity = identity;
+            this.s = s;
+            this.len = s.length();
+            this.i = 0;
+            if (i < len)
+                this.c = s.codePointAt(i);
+            else
+                this.c = EOS;
+        }
+
+        static Access parseAccess(String identity, String s) {
+            return new Parser(identity, s).parseAccess();
+        }
+
+        private Access parseAccess() {
+            skipSpace();
+            String type = parseWord();
+            Access access;
+            if (type.equals(READONLY))
+                access = new Access(false, false, null);
+            else if (type.equals(READWRITE))
+                access = parseReadWrite();
+            else {
+                throw syntax("Expected " + READONLY + " or " + READWRITE +
+                        ": " + type);
+            }
+            if (c != EOS)
+                throw syntax("Extra text at end of line");
+            return access;
+        }
+
+        private Access parseReadWrite() {
+            List<String> createClasses = new ArrayList<String>();
+            boolean unregister = false;
+            while (true) {
+                skipSpace();
+                if (c == EOS)
+                    break;
+                String type = parseWord();
+                if (type.equals(UNREGISTER))
+                    unregister = true;
+                else if (type.equals(CREATE))
+                    parseCreate(createClasses);
+                else
+                    throw syntax("Unrecognized keyword " + type);
+            }
+            return new Access(true, unregister, createClasses);
+        }
+
+        private void parseCreate(List<String> createClasses) {
+            while (true) {
+                skipSpace();
+                createClasses.add(parseClassName());
+                skipSpace();
+                if (c == ',')
+                    next();
+                else
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private String parseClassName() {
+            // We don't check that classname components begin with suitable
+            // characters (so we accept 1.2.3 for example).  This means that
+            // there are only two states, which we can call dotOK and !dotOK
+            // according as a dot (.) is legal or not.  Initially we're in
+            // !dotOK since a classname can't start with a dot; after a dot
+            // we're in !dotOK again; and after any other characters we're in
+            // dotOK.  The classname is only accepted if we end in dotOK,
+            // so we reject an empty name or a name that ends with a dot.
+            final int start = i;
+            boolean dotOK = false;
+            while (true) {
+                if (c == '.') {
+                    if (!dotOK)
+                        throw syntax("Bad . in class name");
+                    dotOK = false;
+                } else if (c == '*' || Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(c))
+                    dotOK = true;
+                else
+                    break;
+                next();
+            }
+            String className = s.substring(start, i);
+            if (!dotOK)
+                throw syntax("Bad class name " + className);
+            return className;
+        }
+
+        // Advance c and i to the next character, unless already at EOS.
+        private void next() {
+            if (c != EOS) {
+                i += Character.charCount(c);
+                if (i < len)
+                    c = s.codePointAt(i);
+                else
+                    c = EOS;
             }
         }
+
+        private void skipSpace() {
+            while (Character.isWhitespace(c))
+                next();
+        }
+
+        private String parseWord() {
+            skipSpace();
+            if (c == EOS)
+                throw syntax("Expected word at end of line");
+            final int start = i;
+            while (c != EOS && !Character.isWhitespace(c))
+                next();
+            String word = s.substring(start, i);
+            skipSpace();
+            return word;
+        }
+
+        private IllegalArgumentException syntax(String msg) {
+            return new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    msg + " [" + identity + " " + s + "]");
+        }
     }
 
-    private Properties props;
+    private Map<String, Access> accessMap;
     private Properties originalProps;
     private String accessFileName;
 }
diff -Nru openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/lib/management/jmxremote.access openjdk/jdk/src/share/lib/management/jmxremote.access
--- openjdk.orig/jdk/src/share/lib/management/jmxremote.access	2009-03-05 08:29:01.000000000 +0000
+++ openjdk/jdk/src/share/lib/management/jmxremote.access	2009-04-06 18:44:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # passwords.  To be functional, a role must have an entry in
 # both the password and the access files.
 #
-# Default location of this file is $JRE/lib/management/jmxremote.access
+# The default location of this file is $JRE/lib/management/jmxremote.access
 # You can specify an alternate location by specifying a property in 
 # the management config file $JRE/lib/management/management.properties
 # (See that file for details)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # The file format for password and access files is syntactically the same
 # as the Properties file format.  The syntax is described in the Javadoc
 # for java.util.Properties.load.
-# Typical access file has multiple  lines, where each line is blank,
+# A typical access file has multiple lines, where each line is blank,
 # a comment (like this one), or an access control entry.
 #
 # An access control entry consists of a role name, and an
@@ -29,10 +29,38 @@
 #                   role can read measurements but cannot perform any action
 #                   that changes the environment of the running program.
 #       "readwrite" grants access to read and write attributes of MBeans,
-#                   to invoke operations on them, and to create or remove them.
-#		    This access should be granted to only trusted clients, 
-#                   since they can potentially interfere with the smooth
-#		    operation of a running program 
+#                   to invoke operations on them, and optionally
+#                   to create or remove them. This access should be granted
+#                   only to trusted clients, since they can potentially
+#                   interfere with the smooth operation of a running program.
+#
+# The "readwrite" access level can optionally be followed by the "create" and/or
+# "unregister" keywords.  The "unregister" keyword grants access to unregister
+# (delete) MBeans.  The "create" keyword grants access to create MBeans of a
+# particular class or of any class matching a particular pattern.  Access
+# should only be granted to create MBeans of known and trusted classes.
+#
+# For example, the following entry would grant readwrite access
+# to "controlRole", as well as access to create MBeans of the class
+# javax.management.monitor.CounterMonitor and to unregister any MBean:
+#  controlRole readwrite \
+#              create javax.management.monitor.CounterMonitorMBean \
+#              unregister
+# or equivalently:
+#  controlRole readwrite unregister create javax.management.monitor.CounterMBean
+#
+# The following entry would grant readwrite access as well as access to create
+# MBeans of any class in the packages javax.management.monitor and
+# javax.management.timer:
+#  controlRole readwrite \
+#              create javax.management.monitor.*,javax.management.timer.* \
+#              unregister
+#
+# The \ character is defined in the Properties file syntax to allow continuation
+# lines as shown here.  A * in a class pattern matches a sequence of characters
+# other than dot (.), so javax.management.monitor.* matches
+# javax.management.monitor.CounterMonitor but not
+# javax.management.monitor.foo.Bar.
 #
 # A given role should have at most one entry in this file.  If a role
 # has no entry, it has no access.
@@ -42,7 +70,10 @@
 #
 # Default access control entries:
 # o The "monitorRole" role has readonly access.  
-# o The "controlRole" role has readwrite access.
+# o The "controlRole" role has readwrite access and can create the standard
+#   Timer and Monitor MBeans defined by the JMX API.
 
 monitorRole   readonly
-controlRole   readwrite
+controlRole   readwrite \
+              create javax.management.monitor.*,javax.management.timer.* \
+              unregister