System Administration Guide: Security Services

ProcedureForcibly Deallocating a Device

Devices that a user has allocated are not automatically deallocated when the process terminates or when the user logs out. Forcible deallocation is used when a user has forgotten to deallocate a device.

Before You Begin

The user or role must have the solaris.device.revoke authorization.

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


    $ auths
    solaris.device.allocate solaris.device.revoke
  2. Forcibly deallocate the device.

    In this example, the printer is forcibly deallocated. The printer is now available for allocation by another user.


    $ deallocate -f /dev/lp/printer-1