System Administration Guide

How to Disable a Port

  1. Start Admintool, if it's not already running.

    See "How to Start Admintool" for more information on starting Admintool.

  2. Select Serial Ports from the Browse menu.

    The Serial Ports menu is displayed.

  3. Select the port or ports that you want to disable.

  4. Choose Modify from the Edit menu.

  5. Click on the Service Enable button to disable the port service in the Modify window.

    This button acts as a toggle switch to enable or disable a port service.

  6. Click on OK to disable the port.

  7. Use the pmadm command to verify the port service has been disabled.


    $ pmadm -l -s ttya
    

Example--Completed Modify Window to Disable a Port

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