How to View Allocation Information About a Device

Before You Begin

Device allocation must be enabled for this procedure to succeed. To enable device allocation, see How to Make a Device Allocatable.

1. Assume a role that includes the Device Security rights profile, or become superuser.

   The Primary Administrator role includes the Device Security rights profile. You can also assign the Device Security rights profile to a role that you create. To create the role and assign the role to a user, see Example 9–3.

2. Display information about allocatable devices on your system.

   # list_devices device-name

   where device-name is one of the following:

   • audio[n] – Is a microphone and speaker.

   • fd[n] – Is a diskette drive.

   • sr[n] – Is a CD-ROM drive.

   • st[n] – Is a tape drive.

Troubleshooting

If the list_devices command returns an error message similar to the following, then either device allocation is not enabled, or you do not have sufficient permissions to retrieve the information.

list_devices: No device maps file entry for specified device.

For the command to succeed, enable device allocation and assume a role with the solaris.device.revoke authorization.