Forcibly 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