Trusted Extensions Label Administration

How to Specify Handling Instructions in CHANNELS

In this procedure, you create the strings that state handling instructions on printer banner pages.

Before You Begin

You must be in the Security Administrator role in the global zone. You have planned the prefixes and suffixes.

For assistance, use Planning the Channels in a Worksheet.

1. Edit the label_encodings file.

   # pfedit encodings-file

2. Modify the CHANNELS section of the file.
   1. Specify the prefixes and suffixes.

      The WORDS in the CHANNELS lines of banner and trailer pages become prefixes or suffixes. For example:

      CHANNELS:
      
      WORDS:
      name= CHANNELS JOINTLY;         suffix;
      name= CHANNELS ONLY;            suffix;
      name= HANDLE VIA;               prefix;

   2. Specify the names of words to associate with existing compartments in sensitivity labels.

      Use your defined prefixes and suffixes.

      name= (CH C);   prefix= HANDLE VIA; suffix= CHANNELS JOINTLY; compartments= 6;
      name= (CH B);   prefix= HANDLE VIA; suffix= CHANNELS JOINTLY; compartments= 1;
      name= (CH A);   prefix= HANDLE VIA; suffix= CHANNELS JOINTLY; compartments= 0;

Next Steps

Continue with How to Analyze and Verify the label_encodings File.