devassign(F)                  06 January 1993                   devassign(F)


 Name

    devassign - device assignment database file

 Format

    See authcap(F)

 Description

    The devassign file (/etc/auth/system/devassign) contains entries associ-
    ating different names for login terminals or printers which refer to the
    same physical devices.

    Changes to this file are normally made by the sysadmsh selection
    Accounts -> Terminal -> Assign.

    The first field of each entry is the name of the special file associated
    with the device; this should match the tdevname entry in the terminal
    control database ttys(F).

    The following keyword identifiers are supported:

    vdevs    A comma separated list of device files which are equivalent to
              the entry name.

    vtype    The type of device described by the entry. Device types sup-
              ported are printer and terminal.

 Examples

    The following line from devassign equivalences /dev/tty2a and /dev/tty2A
    for the purposes of auditing and control of login access:

       tty2a:v_devs=/dev/tty2a,/dev/tty2A:v_type=terminal:chkent:


 Files

    /etc/auth/system/devassign  device assignment database

 See also

    authcap(F), getdvagent(S), sysadmsh(ADM)

 Standards conformance

    devassign is not part of any currently supported standard; it is an
    extension of AT&T System V provided by The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.