Selection Manager

The Selection Manager arbitrates user-level inter-window data moves such as cut-and-paste or drag-and-drop where information is transferred between untrusted windows. When a transfer is attempted, Selection Manager captures the transfer, verifies the controlling user's authorization, and requests confirmation and labeling information from the user. The Selection Manager displays whenever the end user attempts a data move without your writing application code.

The administrator can set autoconfirm for some transfer types in which case the Selection Manager does not appear. If the transfer meets mandatory and discretionary access policies, the data transfer completes. The File Manager and Window Manager also act as selection agents for their private drop sites. See /usr/openwin/server/tsol/selection.atoms to specify selection targets that are polyinstantiated. See /usr/dt/config/sel_config to determine which selection targets are automatically confirmed.