Sun Microsystems manual Version 3.1-enSolaris 10 Container Guide 3.1 5. Cookbooks

Version 3.1-enSolaris 10 Container Guide - 3.1 5. Cookbooks Effective: 30/11/2009

For dynamic configuration, the device's major and minor number must be determined. This information can be obtained with the ls command in the global zone. The option -Lis important here because it tracks symbolic links up until the actual entry in /devices:

global# cd	/dev
global# ls	-lL	/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s1
crw-r-----	1	root	sys	118, 1 Dec 5 19:33 rdsk/c1t1d0s1
global#

With this information, a corresponding entry can then be made in the /dev directory of the local zone using the command mknod. The device type (here: c = character device) and the major and the minor device number must be specified (here: 118 and 1 from the ls -lL output). In a next step, the appropriate access privileges should be set with chmod.

global# cd	...zonepath.../dev
global# mknod rdsk/c1t1d0s1 c 118 1
global# ls	-lL	rdsk/c1t1d0s1
crw-r--r--	1	root	root	118,	1	Jan 29	16:06
global# chmod o-r rdsk/c1t1d0s1
global# ls	-lL	rdsk/c1t1d0s1
crw-r-----	1	root	root	118,	1	Jan 29	16:06 rdsk/c1t1d0s1

Now the device is immediately visible and usable within the zone.

test# ls -l /dev/rdsk/c*
crw-r--r--	1	root	root	118, 1 Jan 29 16:06/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s1
bash-3.00 ls -l /dev/rdsk/c*
total 0
crw-r-----	1	root		root	118, 1 Jan 29 16:06 c1t1d0s1

test# reboot

For permanent use and for the purpose of documentation, the device should also be entered in the zone configuration.

global# zonecfg -z test zonecfg:test> add device zonecfg:test:device> set match=/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s1 zonecfg:test:device> end

zonecfg:test> verify zonecfg:test> commit zonecfg:test> exit global#

If the device is then deleted from the zone configuration, it will also be removed from the /dev directory of the local zone after the next reboot. This procedure is preferable to manual removal from the /dev directory.

global# zonecfg -z test

zonecfg:test> remove device match=/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s1 zonecfg:test> verify

zonecfg:test> commit zonecfg:test> exit global#

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