NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | OPTIONS | FILES | SUMMARY OF TRUSTED SOLARIS CHANGES | SEE ALSO
The mkdevdb command writes by default to the /etc/security/device_allocate and /etc/security/device_maps files a set of device_allocate(4) and device_maps(4) entries describing the system's frame buffer, audio and removable media devices.
The mkdevdb command is used by the init.d(4) scripts and utilities such as devfsadm(1M) to create or update the /etc/security/device_allocate and /etc/security/device_maps files. If either option is specified, mkdevdb writes to standard out only the specified file. If neither option is specified, mkdevdb writes both files.
The mkdevmaps command writes to standard out a set of device_maps(4) entries describing the system's frame buffer, audio and removable media devices. Its use is deprecated.
The mkdevalloc command writes to standard out a set of device_allocate(4) entries describing the system's frame buffer, audio and removable media devices. Its use is deprecated.
Entries are generated based on the device special files found in /dev:
audio /dev/audio, /dev/audioctl, /dev/sound/... tape /dev/rst*, /dev/nrst*, /dev/rmt/... floppy /dev/diskette, /dev/fd*, /dev/rdiskette, /dev/rfd* removable disk /dev/dsk/c0t?d0s?, /dev/rdsk/c0t?d0s? frame buffer /dev/fb
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
---|---|
Availability | SUNWcsu |
Interface Stability |
mkdevalloc — Obsolete mkdevmaps — Obsolete |
Write device_allocate on standard out. For the different categories of devices, the mkdevdb command checks the device special files found in /dev.
All entries set the device-minimum and device-maximum fields to the hex representations of ADMIN_LOW
and ADMIN_HIGH
, respectively. The device-authorization field is set to solaris.device.allocate
, except for the framebuffer entry, where it is set to *. The device-name, device-type and device-clean fields are set to the following values:
device-name device-type device-clean audio audio audio audio_clean_wrapper tape mag_tape_0,... st st_clean floppy floppy_0,... fd disk_clean cd cdrom_0,... sr disk_clean removable disk rdisk_0,... sr disk_clean frame buffer framebuffer fb /bin/true
Write device_maps on standard out. For the different categories of devices, the mkdevmaps command checks the device special files found in /dev.
The following files are used by the mkdevdb command:
Administrative file defining parameters for device allocation
Administrative file defining the mapping of device special files to allocatable device names
Device special files
Device Solaris Name Trusted Solaris Name tape st0,st1,... mag_tape_0,mag_tape_1,... floppy fd0,fd1,... floppy_0,floppy_1,... removable disk sr0,sr1,... cdrom_0,cdrom_1,...
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ATTRIBUTES | OPTIONS | FILES | SUMMARY OF TRUSTED SOLARIS CHANGES | SEE ALSO