Enabling the Trusted Extensions Service

Starting in the Solaris 10 5/08 release, Trusted Extensions is a service that is managed by the service management facility (SMF). The name of the service is svc:/system/labeld:default. By default, the labeld service is disabled.

Enable Trusted Extensions

The labeld service attaches labels to communications endpoints. For example, the following are labeled:

• All zones and the directories and files within each zone

• All processes including window processes

• All network communications

Before You Begin

You have completed the tasks in Installing or Upgrading the Oracle Solaris Operating System for Trusted Extensions and Collecting Information and Making Decisions Before Enabling Trusted Extensions.

1. On an Oracle Solaris system, enable the labeld service.

   # svcadm enable -s svc:/system/labeld:default

   The labeld service adds labels to the system and starts the auditing service and device allocation. Do not perform other tasks until the cursor returns to the prompt.

2. Verify that the service is enabled.

   # svcs -x labeld
   svc:/system/labeld:default (Trusted Extensions)
    State: online since weekday month date hour:minute:second year
      See: labeld(1M)
   Impact: None.

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   Note - The labels do not appear until after you reboot the system. Setting Up the Global Zone in Trusted Extensions includes tasks that you might want to perform before rebooting.

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Troubleshooting

The following message indicates that you are not running an Oracle Solaris release that supports Trusted Extensions as a service: svcs: Pattern 'labeld' doesn't match any instances.

To run Trusted Extensions on an Oracle Solaris system that does not support the labeld service, follow the instructions in the Solaris Trusted Extensions Installation and Configuration guide.