How to Forcibly Allocate a Device

Forcible allocation is used when someone has forgotten to deallocate a device. Forcible allocation can also be used when a user has an immediate need for a device.

Before You Begin

You must become an administrator who is assigned the solaris.device.revoke authorization. For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

1. Determine whether you have the appropriate authorizations in your role.

   $ auths
   solaris.device.allocate solaris.device.revoke

2. Forcibly allocate the device to the user who needs the device.

   In this example, a USB flash drive is forcibly allocated to the user jdoe.

   $ allocate -U jdoe