How to Change Which Devices Can Be Allocated

This procedure defines which devices can be used with the device allocation mechanism.

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. Determine which devices are listed in the /etc/security/device_allocate file.

3. Decide if there are devices that are not in the device_allocate file, yet should be made allocatable.

4. Edit the device_allocate file and add the new device.

   Each entry should use the following format:

   device-name;device-type;;;;program

   device-name	Specifies the name of the device
   device-type	Specifies the device type
   program	Specifies the purge program to be run