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setflabel(3TSOL)

Name

setflabel - change effective sensitivity label of a file

Synopsis

cc [flag...] file... -ltsol [library...]
#include <tsol/label.h>

int setflabel(const char *path, const m_label_t *label_p);

Description

The setflabel() function applies the specified label to the files or directories that exist within multilevel ZFS file systems.

When Trusted Extensions is enabled, setflabel() can also be used with single-level filesystems. In that case files are moved into the zone whose label corresponds to newlabel. The old file pathname is adjusted so that it is relative to the root pathname of the new zone. If the old pathname for a file's parent directory does not exist as a directory in the new zone, the file is not moved. Once moved, the file might no longer be accessible in the current zone.

The setflabel() function enforces the following policy checks:

  • Files and directories on multilevel file systems are relabeled in place; they are not moved, and the relabel script described below does not apply to them.

    For multilevel file systems, the label of a directory cannot be changed if the directory is not empty. The new label for an object must dominate the label of its parent directory. If the new label does not match the label of the parent directory, the caller must have the PRIV_FILE_UPGRADE_SL privilege. The new label must be dominated by the mlslabel property of the file system. If the caller is not in the global zone, the zone label must dominate the new label.

    The remaining policy checks below apply to multilevel file systems as well, except where otherwise noted.

  • If the sensitivity label of label_p equals the existing sensitivity label, then the file is not affected.

  • If the corresponding directory does not exist in the destination zone, or if the directory exists, but has a different label than label_p, the file is not moved. Also, if the file already exists in the destination directory, the file is not moved. This does not apply to multilevel file systems.

  • If the sensitivity label of the existing file is not equal to the calling process label and the caller is not in the global zone, then the file is not affected. If the caller is in the global zone and the file in not on a multilevel file systems, the existing file label must be in a labeled zone (not ADMIN_LOW or ADMIN_HIGH).

  • If the calling process does not have write access to both the source and destination directories, then the calling process must have PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE in its set of effective privileges.

  • If the sensitivity label of label_p provides read only access to the existing sensitivity label (an upgrade), then the user must have the solaris.label.file.upgrade authorization. In addition, if the current zone is a labeled zone, then it must have been assigned the privilege PRIV_FILE_UPGRADE_SL when the zone was configured.

  • If the sensitivity label of label_p does not provide access to the existing sensitivity label (a downgrade), then the calling user must have the solaris.label.file.downgrade authorization. In addition, if the current zone is a labeled zone, then it must have been assigned the privilege PRIV_FILE_DOWNGRADE_SL when the zone was configured.

  • If the calling process is not in the global zone, and the user does not have the solaris.label.range authorization, then label_p must be within the user's label range and within the system accreditation range.

  • If the existing file is in use (not tranquil) it is not affected. This tranquility check does not cover race conditions nor remote file access.

Additional policy constraints can be implemented by customizing the shell script /etc/security/tsol/relabel. See the comments in this file. Note that this script does not apply to multilevel file systems.

Return Values

Upon successful completion, setflabel() returns 0. Otherwise it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

Errors

The setflabel() function fails and the file is unchanged if:

EACCES

Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix of path.

The calling process does not have mandatory write access to the final component of path because the sensitivity label of the final component of path does not dominate the sensitivity label of the calling process and the calling process does not have PRIV_FILE_MAC_WRITE in its set of effective privileges.

EBUSY

There is an open file descriptor reference to the final component of path.

ECONNREFUSED

A connection to the label daemon could not be established.

EEXIST

A file with the same name exists in the destination directory.

EINVAL

Improper parameters were received by the label daemon.

For callers not in the global zone and when path is not on a multilevel ZFS file system, the specified label does not match the caller's label.

For multilevel ZFS file systems, the specified label is not dominated by all of the following: the file system MLSLABEL property, the label of the parent directory of path, and the caller's label.

EISDIR

The existing file is a directory.

ELOOP

Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating path.

EMLINK

The existing file is hardlinked to another file.

ENAMETOOLONG

The length of the path argument exceeds PATH_MAX.

ENOENT

The file referred to by path does not exist.

EROFS

The file system is read-only or its label is ADMIN_LOW or ADMIN_HIGH.

Attributes

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability
Committed
MT-Level
MT-Safe

See Also

libtsol(3LIB), attributes(7), zfs(8)