Managing Devices in Oracle^® Solaris 11.4

How to Enable or Disable Read and Write Protections

1. Determine whether you want to enable or disable write protection and select the appropriate commands from the following:
   • Enable write protection.

     $ rmformat -w enable device-name

   • Enable read protection.

     $ rmformat -r enable device-name

   • Disable write protection.

     $ rmformat -w disable device-name

   • Disable read protection.

     $ rmformat -r disable device-name

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   Note -  Each of these commands includes a prompt to type a password. Specify a valid password.

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

   $ rmformat -p device-name