Devices

Devices may be allocated outside of the trusted path. Separate authorizations specify allocating within and without the trusted path. For security, Trusted Solaris software keeps track of the allocating username. The Device Allocation Manager GUI can display and edit the device_maps(4) entry for an allocatable device, and enables the administrator to specify if devices should be deallocated at logout or reboot. Device allocation can be done remotely or in shell scripts by authorized users.