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Solaris 8 Desktop User Supplement

Protecting a Device

Device protection enables you to view the software protection for a selected device and to either write protect, read-write protect, or disable protection. The device protection options are:

To View a Device's Protection

  1. In the Removable Media Manager window, click a device icon.

  2. From the Selected menu, choose Properties.

To Disable Protection

This option allows you to disable software protection if the device has been previously write protected or read-write protected.

  1. In the Removable Media Manager window, click the device icon.

  2. From the Selected menu, choose Disable Protection.

  3. If the media has been write protected or read-write protected with a password, type the password into the Password dialog box.

  4. Click Apply.

Note –

To disable protection by using the command line, type:


% sdtmedia_prot -d /vol/dev/rdsk/...

If the device is password protected, you are prompted for the password.

To Enable Write Protection Without a Password

This option allows you to enable software protection without password protection.

  1. In the Removable Media Manager window, click the device icon.

  2. From the Selected menu, choose Write Protect.

To Enable Write Protection With a Password

This option allows you to enable software protection with password protection.

  1. In the Removable Media Manager window, click the device icon.

  2. From the Selected menu, choose Read-Write Protect.

  3. Click Write Protect With Password.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Type the password in the Enter Password field.

  6. Type the password in the Verify Password field.

  7. Click Apply.

To Enable Read-Write Protection With a Password

  1. In the Removable Media Manager window, click the device icon.

  2. From the Selected menu, choose Read-Write Protect.

  3. Click Read-Write Protect With Password.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Type the password in the Enter Password field.

  6. Type the password in the Verify Password field.

  7. Click Apply.

Note –

To write protect by using the command line, type:


%  sdtmedia_prot -w /vol/dev/rdsk/...

If the device is not protected, the -w option write protects the device without a password, and does not display any dialog boxes. If the device is already protected, the Password dialog box appears.