opensolaris man page for hextoalabel

hextoalabel(1M) 					  System Administration Commands					   hextoalabel(1M)

NAME
       hextoalabel - convert an internal text label to its human readable equivalent

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/hextoalabel [internal-text-sensitivity-label]

       /usr/sbin/hextoalabel -c [internal-text-clearance]

DESCRIPTION
       hextoalabel  converts  an  internal  text  label into its human readable equivalent and writes the result to the standard output file. This
       internal form is often hexadecimal. If no option is supplied, the label is assumed to be a sensitivity label.

       If no internal text label is specified, the label is read from the standard input file. The expected  use  of  this  command  is  emergency
       repair of labels that are stored in internal databases.

OPTIONS
       -c    Identifies the internal text label as a clearance.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0    On success.

       1    On failure, and writes diagnostics to the standard error file.

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWtsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |See below.		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       The command output is Committed for systems with the same label_encodings file. The command invocation is Committed for systems that imple-
       ment the DIA MAC policy.

FILES
       /etc/security/tsol/label_encodings

	   The label encodings file contains the classification names, words, constraints, and values for the defined labels of this system.

SEE ALSO
       atohexlabel(1M), label_to_str(3TSOL), str_to_label(3TSOL), label_encodings(4), attributes(5)

       How to Get a Readable Label From Its Hexadecimal Form in Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures

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

       This file is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Mandatory Access Control (MAC) policy. This file  might  not	be  applicable	to
       other MAC policies that might be developed for future releases of Solaris Trusted Extensions software.

SunOS 5.11							    20 Jul 2007 						   hextoalabel(1M)