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Trusted Extensions Configuration Guide Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library |
1. Security Planning for Trusted Extensions
2. Configuration Roadmap for Trusted Extensions
3. Adding Trusted Extensions Software to the Oracle Solaris OS (Tasks)
4. Configuring Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
5. Configuring LDAP for Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
6. Configuring a Headless System With Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
Headless System Configuration in Trusted Extensions (Task Map)
Enable Remote Login by root User in Trusted Extensions
Enable Remote Login by a Role in Trusted Extensions
Enable Remote Login From an Unlabeled System
Use a Remote Solaris Management Console to Administer in the Files Scope
Enable the Remote Display of Administrative GUIs
Use the rlogin or ssh Command to Log In and Administer a Headless System in Trusted Extensions
B. Using CDE Actions to Install Zones in Trusted Extensions
On headless systems, a console is connected by means of a serial line to a terminal emulator window. The line is typically secured by the tip command. Depending on what type of second system is available, you can use one of the following methods to configure a headless system. The methods are listed from more secure to less secure in the following table. These instructions also apply to remote systems.
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Note - Consult your security policy to determine which methods of remote administration are permissible at your site.
As in the Oracle Solaris OS, root can log in remotely from a labeled system when the CONSOLE entry is disabled.
If you plan to administer a remote system by editing local files, use this procedure.
# /usr/dt/bin/trusted_edit /etc/default/login
The edited line appears similar to the following:
#CONSOLE=/dev/console
Modify the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. By default, ssh is enabled on an Oracle Solaris system.
# /usr/dt/bin/trusted_edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config
The edited line appears similar to the following:
PermitRootLogin yes
Next Steps
To log in as the root user from an unlabeled system, you must also complete Enable Remote Login From an Unlabeled System.
To enable remote login by a role, continue with Enable Remote Login by a Role in Trusted Extensions.
Follow this procedure only if you must administer a headless system by using the rlogin or ssh command.
Configuration errors can be debugged remotely.
Before You Begin
If you are using local files to administer the remote system, you have completed Enable Remote Login by root User in Trusted Extensions. Then, as the root user, perform this task on both systems.
The desktop system and the headless system must identify each other as using the identical security template. For the procedure, see How to Assign a Security Template to a Host or a Group of Hosts in Trusted Extensions Administrator’s Procedures.
To assign a temporary label, see Example 6-1.
The names and IDs must be identical, and the role must be assigned to the user on both systems. To create users and roles, see Creating Roles and Users in Trusted Extensions.
# /usr/dt/bin/trusted_edit /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.66.66 local-system-name loghost 192.168.66.12 remote-system-name
# cp /etc/pam.conf /etc/pam.conf.orig
# /usr/dt/bin/trusted_edit /etc/pam.conf
Use the Tab key between fields. This section now appears similar to the following:
# Solaris Management Console definition for Account management # smcconsole account requisite pam_roles.so.1 allow_remote smcconsole account required pam_unix_account.so.1 smcconsole account required pam_tsol_account.so.1 # Default definition for Account management # Used when service name is not explicitly mentioned for account management # other account requisite pam_roles.so.1 other account required pam_unix_account.so.1 other account required pam_tsol_account.so.1
# cp /etc/pam.conf /etc/pam.conf.site
If you upgrade the system to a later release, you must then evaluate if you should copy the changes from /etc/pam.conf.site into the pam.conf file.
Example 6-1 Creating a Temporary Definition of a Trusted Extensions Host Type
In this example, the administrator wants to start configuring a remote Trusted Extensions system before the host type definitions are set up. To do so, the administrator uses the tnctl command on the remote system to temporarily define the host type of the desktop system:
remote-TX# tnctl -h desktop-TX:cipso
Later, the administrator wants to reach the remote Trusted Extensions system from a desktop system that is not configured with Trusted Extensions. In this case, the administrator uses the tnctl command on the remote system to temporarily define the host type of the desktop system as an unlabeled system that runs at the ADMIN_LOW label:
remote-TX# tnctl -h desktop-TX:admin_low
Before You Begin
This procedure is not secure.
You have relaxed PAM policy to allow remote role assumption, as described in Enable Remote Login by a Role in Trusted Extensions.
![]() | Caution - With the default settings, another unlabeled system could log in and administer the remote system. Therefore, you must change the 0.0.0.0 network default from ADMIN_LOW to a different label. For the procedure, see How to Limit the Hosts That Can Be Contacted on the Trusted Network in Trusted Extensions Administrator’s Procedures. |
# /usr/dt/bin/trusted_edit /etc/pam.conf
Use the Tab key between fields.
smcconsole account required pam_tsol_account.so.1 allow_unlabeled
After your edits, this section appears similar to the following:
# Solaris Management Console definition for Account management # smcconsole account requisite pam_roles.so.1 allow_remote smcconsole account required pam_unix_account.so.1 smcconsole account required pam_tsol_account.so.1 allow_unlabeled
If you are not using LDAP, and you want to use the Solaris Management Console on a remote system, you enable remote connection to the Console. This procedure is not sufficient to enable access for the LDAP scope.
To enable access for the LDAP scope, you must complete all the procedures in Configuring the Solaris Management Console for LDAP (Task Map).
Before You Begin
Both systems are labeled systems.
You have completed the following procedures:
# /usr/sbin/smc &
Then, choose the Scope=Files toolbox.
This Computer (remote-system: Scope=Files, Policy=TSOL)
The procedure for remote display on a desktop is identical to the procedure on an Oracle Solaris system that is not configured with Trusted Extensions. This procedure is placed here for convenience.
desktop $ xhost + headless-host
desktop $ echo $DISPLAY :n.n
headless $ DISPLAY=desktop:n.n headless $ export DISPLAY=n:n
This procedure enables you to use the command line and the txzonemgr GUI to administer a headless system as superuser or as a role.
Note - Remote login by using the rlogin command is less secure than remote login by using the ssh command.
To use the Solaris Management Console to administer a remote system does not require you to use a remote login command. For the procedure, see How to Remotely Administer Systems by Using the Solaris Management Console From a Trusted Extensions System in Trusted Extensions Administrator’s Procedures.
Before You Begin
You have completed Enable Remote Login by a Role in Trusted Extensions.
You are a user who is enabled to log in to the headless system with that same user name and user ID, and you can assume the same role on the headless system that you can assume on the desktop system.
desktop $ xhost + headless-host desktop $ echo $DISPLAY :n.n
desktop $ ssh -l identical-username headless Password: Type the user's password headless $
desktop # rlogin headless Password: Type the user's password headless $
Use the same terminal window. For example, assume the root role.
headless $ su - root Password: Type the root password
You are now in the global zone. You can now use this terminal to administer the headless system from the command line.
Note - You can also display remote GUIs by logging in with the ssh -X command. For more information, see the ssh(1) man page. For an example, see Example 6-2.
headless $ DISPLAY desktop:n.n headless $ export DISPLAY=n:n
You can now administer the headless system by using Trusted Extensions GUIs. For example, start the txzonemgr GUI:
headless $ /usr/sbin/txzonemgr
The Labeled Zone Manager runs on the remote system and displays on the desktop system.
To open and safely close the Application Manager, see How to Remotely Administer Trusted Extensions With dtappsession in Trusted Extensions Administrator’s Procedures.
Example 6-2 Configuring Labeled Zones on a Headless System
In this example, the administrator uses the txzonemgr GUI to configure labeled zones on a labeled headless system from a labeled desktop system. As in the Oracle Solaris OS, the administrator enables X server access to the desktop system by using the -X option to the ssh command. The user install1 is defined identically on both systems, and can assume the role remoterole.
TXdesk1 $ xhost + TXnohead4 TXdesk1 $ whoami install1
TXdesk1 $ ssh -X -l install1 TXnohead4 Password: Ins1PwD1 TXnohead4 $
To reach the global zone, the administrator assumes the role remoterole. This role is defined identically on both systems.
TXnohead4 # su - remoterole Password: abcd1EFG
Then, the administrator starts the txzonemgr GUI.
TXnohead4 $ /usr/sbin/txzonemgr &
The Labeled Zone Manager runs on the headless system and displays on the desktop system.