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Oracle Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures
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Preface

1.  Trusted Extensions Administration Concepts

2.  Trusted Extensions Administration Tools

3.  Getting Started as a Trusted Extensions Administrator (Tasks)

4.  Security Requirements on a Trusted Extensions System (Overview)

5.  Administering Security Requirements in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)

6.  Users, Rights, and Roles in Trusted Extensions (Overview)

7.  Managing Users, Rights, and Roles in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)

8.  Remote Administration in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)

9.  Trusted Extensions and LDAP (Overview)

10.  Managing Zones in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)

11.  Managing and Mounting Files in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)

Sharing and Mounting Files in Trusted Extensions

NFS Mounts in Trusted Extensions

Sharing Files From a Labeled Zone

Access to NFS Mounted Directories in Trusted Extensions

Home Directory Creation in Trusted Extensions

Changes to the Automounter in Trusted Extensions

Trusted Extensions Software and NFS Protocol Versions

Backing Up, Sharing, and Mounting Labeled Files (Task Map)

How to Back Up Files in Trusted Extensions

How to Restore Files in Trusted Extensions

How to Share Directories From a Labeled Zone

How to NFS Mount Files in a Labeled Zone

How to Troubleshoot Mount Failures in Trusted Extensions

12.  Trusted Networking (Overview)

13.  Managing Networks in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)

14.  Multilevel Mail in Trusted Extensions (Overview)

15.  Managing Labeled Printing (Tasks)

16.  Devices in Trusted Extensions (Overview)

17.  Managing Devices for Trusted Extensions (Tasks)

18.  Trusted Extensions Auditing (Overview)

19.  Software Management in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)

A.  Quick Reference to Trusted Extensions Administration

B.  List of Trusted Extensions Man Pages

Index

Sharing Files From a Labeled Zone

In the Oracle Solaris OS, a non-global zone cannot share directories from its zone. However, in Trusted Extensions, a labeled zone can share directories. The specification of which directories in a labeled zone can be shared is performed in the global zone by using a directory that is outside the root path of the zone. For more discussion, see Global Zone Processes and Labeled Zones.

/zone/labeled-zone/directories

Also called the zone path. Is the path from the global zone to the labeled zone. Every directory under labeled-zone is labeled the same as the zone.

/zone/labeled-zone/root/directories

Also called the zone root path. Is the root path of a labeled zone from the perspective of the global zone. From the perspective of the labeled zone, this is the zone's root, the / directory. This path is not used by the global zone to administer the zone.

To share directories from a labeled zone, the global zone administrator creates and modifies the dfstab file in the /etc directory of the zone path:

/zone/labeled-zone/etc/dfs/dfstab

This /etc directory is not visible from the labeled zone. This directory is distinct from the /etc directory that is visible from the zone:

Global zone view: /zone/labeled-zone/root/etc
Labeled zone view of the same directory: /etc

A dfstab file in this path does not enable labeled directories to be shared.

When the status of the labeled zone is ready or running, the files that are listed in the /zone/labeled-zone/etc/dfs/dfstab file are shared at the label of the zone. For the procedure, see How to Share Directories From a Labeled Zone.