atohexlabel(1M)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | OPTIONS | RETURN VALUES | FILES | NOTES | SEE ALSO | DIAGNOSTICS

NAME

atohexlabel- Convert a character-coded label to its hexadecimal equivalent

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/atohexlabel [character_coded_CMW_label]
/usr/sbin/atohexlabel -c [character_coded_clearance]
/usr/sbin/atohexlabel -s [character_coded_sensitivity_label]

DESCRIPTION

atohexlabel converts a character-coded label of the type specified into its standard, formatted hexadecimal equivalent and writes the result to the standard output file. If no character-coded label is specified, one is read from standard input.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWtsu

OPTIONS

-c

Identifies the character-coded label as a clearance.

-s

Identifies the character-coded label as a sensitivity label.

RETURN VALUES

atohexlabel() returns:

0

On success.

-1

On failure, and writes diagnostics to the standard error file.

FILES

/etc/security/tsol/label_encodings

The label encodings file contains the classification names, words, constraints, and values for the defined labels of this system.

NOTES

Information labels (ILs) are not supported in Trusted Solaris 7 and later releases. Trusted Solaris software interprets any ILs on communications and files from systems running earlier releases as ADMIN_LOW.

Objects still have CMW labels, and CMW labels still include the IL component: IL[SL]; however, the IL component is fixed at ADMIN_LOW.

As a result, Trusted Solaris 7 has the following characteristics:

• ILs do not display in window labels; SLs (Sensitivity Labels) display alone within brackets.

• ILs do not float.

• Setting an IL on an object has no effect.

• Getting an object's IL will always return ADMIN_LOW.

• Although certain utilities, library functions, and system calls can manipulate IL strings, the resulting ILs are always ADMIN_LOW, and cannot be set on any objects.

• Options related to information labels in the label_encodings(4) file can be ignored:

  Markings Name= Marks; 
  Float Process Information Label;

SEE ALSO

Trusted Solaris 7 Reference Manual

label_encodings(4)

Trusted Solaris administrator's document set

SunOS 5.7 Reference Manual

attributes(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

label translation unavailable

Cause:

The label services are currently unavailable either because the label daemon is not running or because the label_encodings file is incorrect or unavailable.

label is not translatable by this process

Cause:

This process is not allowed to translate label.

Solution:

The sys_trans_label privilege may be used to override this restriction.

error in label at position n

Cause:

label is not a valid label. An error is noted in position n of the string.

Trusted Solaris 7  Last Revised 30 Sep 1999

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | OPTIONS | RETURN VALUES | FILES | NOTES | SEE ALSO | DIAGNOSTICS