USB Administration Guide

Preface

The USB Administration Guide provides an overview of managing USB devices on systems that run the Solaris release.

Note –

The Solaris operating environment runs on two types of hardware, or platforms: SPARC^TM and IA (Intel Architecture). The Solaris operating environment also runs on both 64-bit and 32-bit address spaces. The information in this document pertains to both platforms and address spaces unless called out in a special chapter, section, note, bullet, figure, table, example, or code example.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for Solaris system administrators or developers who are responsible for connecting USB devices to systems that run the Solaris release.

How This Book Is Organized

This book consists of the following chapters:

Chapter 1, USB Devices (Overview) provides an overview of managing USB devices in the Solaris environment.

Chapter 2, USB Devices (Tasks) provides step-by-step instructions for managing USB devices in the Solaris environment.

Related Books

See the following books for additional information on manging devices and printers in the Solaris environment.

“Managing Devices Topics” in System Administration Guide, Volume 1
“Managing Printing Services Topics” in System Administration Guide, Volume 2
Solaris 8 Reference Manual Collection

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Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`