Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures

ProcedureVerify the Status of the Public Zone


Note –

The X server runs in the global zone. Each labeled zone must be able to connect with the global zone to use the X server. Therefore, zone networking must work before a zone can be used. For background information, see Planning for Multilevel Access.


Before You Begin

The Labeled Zone Manager dialog box displays the global zone.

  1. Select Select another zone and choose public.

    Enter the IP address of a system on your network not running TX. Then enter Boot You see the zone booting messages in the Zone Console window. Login as root, and run ifconfig -a Verify that the primary interface and IP address are available in this zone. Verify that you can ping the host to which you previously added remote access. Now logout and close the Zone Console window.

  2. Select Add Single-level Access to Remote Host...

    1. At the prompt, type the IP address of a system on your network that is not running Trusted Extensions.

    2. Select Boot.

      Zone booting messages appear in the Zone Console Terminal window.

  3. In the public: Zone Console Terminal window, log in as root.

  4. Run the ifconfig -a command.


    # ifconfig -a
    

    Verify that the primary interface and IP address are available in this zone.

  5. Verify that you can ping the host to which you previously added single-level access.


    # ping remote-single-level-host
    
  6. Log out and close the Zone Console Terminal window.