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List:       opensolaris-security-discuss
Subject:    Re: [security-discuss] Issues between the CDROM and RMDISK0
From:       Ashish Joshi <ashish.joshi () sun ! com>
Date:       2007-08-29 22:55:31
Message-ID: 46D5F963.2090806 () sun ! com
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Elijah,

This is a known bug -
     6486759 TX - hot plugging USB device can lead to inaccessible cdrom

- Ashish.


Elijah Reed wrote:
> We are having issues between the CDROM and RMDISK0 in the device allocation manager \
> on Solaris 10 U3 with TX. We would like to connect an external USB storage device \
> and allocate the CDROM plus the USB storage at the same time without conflicts. If \
> I run devfsadm without any external USB device connected RMDISK0 is added to the \
> device allocation manager. When I allocate the CDROM the RMDISK0 will disappear \
> until I de-allocate the CDROM. I connected the external USB storage and allocated \
> RMDISK0 to use the USB storage and the CDROM disappeared.  
> Looked at the device map in the Device Allocation Manager and seen the device maps \
> are similar which I guess makes since why the other device would disappear. We \
> tried to modify the /etc/security/device_map to specify mappings but after a reboot \
> the file was back to the original.  
> The ultimate goal is to use usbsecure.pl to limit what devices can be connected to \
> the USB port and have the ability to allocate all the devices at one time including \
> the CDROM.  
> Is this a bug, feature, or configuration issue?
> 
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