Before You Begin
Device allocation must be enabled, as described in How to Enable Device Allocation. If authorization is required, the user must have the authorization.
Specify the device by device name.
% allocate device-name
% allocate device-name allocate. Device already allocated.
In this example, the user jdoe allocates a microphone, audio0.
% whoami jdoe % allocate audio0Example 4-6 Allocating a Printer
In this example, a user allocates a printer. No one else can print to printer-1 until the user deallocates it, or until the printer is forcibly allocated to another user.
% allocate /dev/lp/printer-1
For an example of forcible deallocation, see How to Forcibly Deallocate a Device.
Example 4-7 Allocating a USB Flash DriveIn this example, a user allocates a USB flash drive, rmdisk1.
% allocate rmdisk1
Troubleshooting
If the allocate command cannot allocate the device, an error message is displayed in the console window. For a list of allocation error messages, see the allocate (1) man page.