You can look at the /etc/security/device_maps file to determine the device names, device types, and device-special files that are associated with each allocatable device. See the device_maps(4) man page. Device maps are created by the system administrator when setting up device allocation. A rudimentary file is created by bsmconv when the BSM is enabled. This initial map file should be used only as a starting point. The system administrator is expected to augment and customize device_maps for the individual site.
This file defines the device-special file mappings for each device, which in many cases is not intuitive. This file allows various programs to discover which device-special files map to which devices. You can use the dminfo command, for example, to get the device name, the device type, and the device-special files to specify when setting up an allocatable device; dminfo uses the device_maps file.
Each device is represented by a one-line entry of the form:
device-name:device-type:device-list
Lines in the file can end with a \ to continue an entry on the next line. Comments can also be included. A # makes a comment of all further text until the next newline not immediately preceded by a \. Leading and trailing blanks are allowed in any of the fields.
The name of the device, for example st0, fd0, or audio. The device name specified here must correspond to the name of the lockfile used in the /etc/security/dev directory.
The generic device type (the name for the class of devices, such as st, fd, audio). The device-type logically groups related devices.
A list of the device-special files associated with the physical device. The device-list must contain all of the special files that allow access to a particular device. If the list is incomplete, a malevolent user can still obtain or modify private information. Also, as in the example below, either the real device files located under /devices or the symbolic links in /dev, provided for binary compatibility, are valid entries for the device-list field.
For an example of entries for SCSI tape st0 and diskette fd0 in a device_maps file, see the following screen.
fd0:\ fd:\ /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0a /dev/fd0b /dev/rfd0 /dev/rfd0a /dev/rfd0b:\ . . . st0:\ st:\ /dev/rst0 /dev/rst8 /dev/rst16 /dev/nrst0 /dev/nrst8 /dev/nrst16:\ |