opensolaris man page for setlabel

setlabel(1)							   User Commands						       setlabel(1)

NAME
       setlabel - move files to zone with corresponding sensitivity label

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/bin/setlabel newlabel filename...

DESCRIPTION
       setlabel  moves	files  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.

       Unless newlabel and filename have been specified, no labels are set.

       Labels  are  defined  by the security administrator at your site. The system always displays labels in uppercase. Users can enter labels in
       any combination of uppercase and lowercase. Incremental changes to labels are supported.

       Refer to setflabel(3TSOL) for a complete description of the conditions that are required to satisfy this command, and the  privileges  that
       are needed to execute this command.

EXIT STATUS
       setlabel exits with one of the following values:

       0    Successful completion.

       1    Usage error.

       2    Error in getting, setting or translating the label.

USAGE
       On  the	command  line, enclose the label in double quotes unless the label is only one word. Without quotes, a second word or letter sepa-
       rated by a space is interpreted as a second argument.

	 % setlabel SECRET somefile
	 % setlabel "TOP SECRET" somefile

       Use any combination of upper and lowercase letters. You can separate items in a label with blanks, tabs, commas or slashes (/). Do not  use
       any other punctuation.

	 % setlabel "ts a b" somefile
	 % setlabel "ts,a,b" somefile
	 % setlabel "ts/a b" somefile
	 % setlabel " TOP SECRET A B   " somefile

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Set a Label.

       To set somefile's label to SECRET A:

	 example% setlabel "Secret a" somefile

       Example 2 Turn On a Compartment.

       Plus and minus signs can be used to modify an existing label. A plus sign turns on the specified compartment for somefile's label.

	 example% setlabel +b somefile

       Example 3 Turn Off a Compartment.

       A minus sign turns off the compartments that are associated with a classification. To turn off compartment A in somefile's label:

	 example% setlabel -A somefile

       If an incremental change is being made to an existing label and the first character of the label is a hyphen (-), a preceding double-hyphen
       (--) is required.

       To turn off compartment -A in somefile's label:

	 example% setlabel -- -A somefile

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWtsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       setflabel(3TSOL), label_encodings(4), attributes(5)

NOTES
       The functionality described on this manual page is available only if the system is configured with Trusted Extensions.

       This implementation of setting a label is meaningful for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Mandatory Access Control (MAC)  policy.  For
       more information, see label_encodings(4).

SunOS 5.11							    20 Jul 2007 						       setlabel(1)