How to Disable or Enable Read/Write Protection on Removable Media

1. Determine whether you want to disable or enable read/write protection and select one of the following:

   1. Disable read or write protection.

      $ rmformat -r disable device-name

      $ rmformat -w disable device-name

   2. Enable read or write protection.

      $ rmformat -r enable device-name

      $ rmformat -w enable device-name

2. Verify whether the media's read/write protection is enabled or disabled.

   $ rmformat -p device-name