DEALLOCATE(1) User Commands DEALLOCATE(1)

NAME

deallocate - device deallocation

SYNOPSIS

deallocate [-s] [-w] [-F] [-z zonename]
[-c dev-class | -g dev-type | device]


deallocate [-s] [-w] [-F] [-z zonename] -I

DESCRIPTION

The deallocate command frees an allocated device. It resets the
ownership and permissions on all device special files associated with
the device, disabling access to that device. deallocate runs the
device cleaning program for that device as specified in
device_allocate(5).


The default deallocate operation deallocates devices allocated to the
user.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-c dev-class
Deallocates all devices of the specified device
class.


-F device
Forces deallocation of the device associated with the
file specified by device. Only a user with the
solaris.device.revoke authorization is permitted to
use this option.


-I
Forces deallocation of all allocatable devices. Only
a user with the solaris.device.revoke authorization
is permitted to use this option. This option should
only be used at system initialization.


-s
Silent. Suppresses any diagnostic output.


The following options are supported when the system is configured
with Trusted Extensions:

-g dev-type
Deallocates a device of device type matching dev-type.


-w
Runs the device cleaning program in a windowing
environment. If a windowing version of the program
exists, it is used. Otherwise, the standard version is
run in a terminal window.


-z zonename
Deallocates device from the zone specified by
zonename.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

device
Deallocates the specified device.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0
Successful completion.


20
No entry for the specified device.


other value
An error occurred.

FILES

/etc/security/device_allocate


/etc/security/device_maps


/etc/security/dev/*


/etc/security/lib/*

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | See below. |
+--------------------+-----------------+


The invocation is Uncommitted. The options are Uncommitted. The
output is Not-an-Interface.

SEE ALSO

allocate(1), list_devices(1), device_allocate(5), device_maps(5),
attributes(7), dminfo(8), mkdevalloc(8), mkdevmaps(8)

NOTES

On systems configured with Trusted Extensions, the functionality is
enabled by default.


/etc/security/dev, mkdevalloc(8), and mkdevmaps(8) might not be
supported in a future release of the Solaris Operating Environment.

March 6, 2017 DEALLOCATE(1)