Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Appendix A: Command Line Reference
Working with files on the Sidewinder G2
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Admn:file filename
File Name
File Type (such as exec, file, conf, util, diry)
Creating Domain
Checking directory types
To check Type Enforcement directory types, enter the following command:
/bin/ls -dy directory_name
You will see output similar to the following:
$Sys:diry directory_name
$Sys indicates that the directory was created in the $Sys domain. This is a
domain used by the operating system for various tasks.
Changing a file’s type (chtype)
Use the chtype command to change a file’s type. Normally, you will be in the
Administrative kernel when changing a file’s type. It is always possible to
change a file’s type in the Administrative kernel rather than the Operational
kernel because the Administrative kernel does not use Type Enforcement. The
Operational kernel uses Type Enforcement, which may prevent you from
changing a file’s type.
There may, however, be situations where it would be convenient to change a
file’s domain while in the Operational kernel without having to boot to the
Administrative kernel. The following procedures describe how to change a file’s
type from either the Administrative or the Operational kernel.
Changing file types in the administrative kernel
To change a file’s type in the Administrative kernel, follow the steps below.
1 Attach a keyboard and monitor directly to your Sidewinder G2 system.
If your system has multiple keyboard/monitor connection ports, you must
attach the keyboard and monitor into the same keyboard/monitor connection
port pair (that is, attach both items to the front connection ports or both
in the back connection ports).
2 Enter the following command at the UNIX prompt:
chtype domain:type filename
For example, entering the command:
chtype Admn:exec myprogram
changes the domain and type for the myprogram file to Admn:exec.