1. Securing Systems and Attached Devices in Oracle Solaris 11.4
  2. Controlling Access to Devices
  3. Managing Device Allocation
  4. Forcibly Allocating or Deallocating a Device
  5. Forcibly Allocating a Device

Forcibly Allocating a Device

Forcible allocation is used when someone has forgotten to deallocate a device. Forcible allocation can also be used when a user has an immediate need for a device.

Use the allocate -U command to forcibly allocate the device to the user who needs the device. In this example, a USB flash drive is forcibly allocated to the user jdoe. 

$ allocate -U jdoe