Copying to and from a Portable Medium

When copying to a portable medium, label the medium with the sensitivity label of the information.

During installation, the root role copies administrative files to and from portable media. Most files are copied at label ADMIN_LOW.

To Copy Files to a Diskette

1. First, in a workspace at the target label, allocate the floppy device at the correct label using the Device Allocation action, and insert a clean diskette.

   For a fuller task description, see "Allocate the Appropriate Device".

2. Open a second File Manager from the Front Panel and navigate to the folder that contains the files to be copied, such as /export/clientfiles.

3. Highlight the icon for the file and drag the file to the floppy disk folder.

4. Deallocate the device.

5. On the floppy disk folder, choose Eject from the File menu.

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   Remember to physically affix a label to the medium with the sensitivity label of the copied files.

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To Copy Files From a Diskette

It is safe practice to rename the original Trusted Solaris file before copying in a file to replace it. When configuring a system, the root role renames and copies administrative files at ADMIN_LOW

1. Allocate the floppy device using the Device Allocation action and insert the diskette.

2. If the system has a file of the same name, copy the original to a new name.

   For example,

   # cp /etc/security/tsol/tnrhtp /etc/security/tsol/tnrhtp.orig

3. Open a second File Manager from the Front Panel and navigate to the desired destination directory, such as /etc/security/tsol.

4. Highlight the icon for the file and drag the file from the floppy disk folder to the destination directory.

5. Deallocate the device as described in "Deallocate the Device".

6. Click OK on the dialog box when prompted to manually eject the floppy, and remove it.