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deallocate

deallocate(1)															     deallocate(1)

NAME

       deallocate - device deallocation

SYNOPSIS

       deallocate [-s] device

       deallocate [-s] [-F] device

       deallocate [-s] -I

       The  deallocate utility deallocates a device allocated to the evoking user. device can be a device defined in  device_allocate(4) or one of
       the device special files associated with the device. It resets the ownership and the permission on all device special files associated with
       device, disabling the user's access to that device. This option can be used by an authorized user to remove access to the device by another
       user. The required authorization is solaris.device.allocate.

       When deallocation or forced deallocation is performed, the appropriate device cleaning program is  executed,  based  on	the   contents	of
       device_allocate(4).  These cleaning programs are normally stored in /etc/security/lib.

       The following options are supported:

       device	       Deallocate the device associated with the device special file specified by device.

       -s	       Silent. Suppresses any diagnostic output.

       -F device       Forces  deallocation of the device associated with the file specified by device. Only a user with the solaris.device.revoke
		       authorization is permitted to use this option.

       -I	       Forces deallocation of all allocatable devices. Only a user with the solaris.device.revoke authorization  is  permitted	to
		       use this option. This option should only be used at system initialization.

       The following exit values are returned:

       non--zero       An error occurred.

       /etc/security/device_allocate

       /etc/security/device_maps

       /etc/security/dev/*

       /etc/security/lib/*

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       allocate(1), list_devices(1), bsmconv(1M), dminfo(1M), mkdevalloc(1M), mkdevmaps(1M), device_allocate(4), device_maps(4), attributes(5)

       The  functionality  described  in  this man page is available only if the Basic Security Module (BSM) has been enabled. See bsmconv(1M) for
       more information.

       /etc/security/dev, mkdevalloc(1M), and mkdevmaps(1M) might not be supported in a future release of the Solaris Operating Environment.

								    28 Mar 2005 						     deallocate(1)

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