Hello joseph, this links is very useful, i tried it and it is working.
--- On Wed, 23/3/11, John Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Joseph <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] disabling usb port help To: "ilug cochin" <[email protected]>, "GPL SoftwareThis List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 23 March, 2011, 11:14 AM Hi Kevin I have never tried out this,but I have found this link which I thought may be helpful for you "http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-disable-modprobe-loading-of-usb-storage-driver/"; also some where I had read that disabling or blocking it at kernel level. Try blacklisting usb_storage module As mentioned before I have not tried it Thanks Joseph John --- On Tue, 22/3/11, kevin sha <[email protected]> wrote: From: kevin sha <[email protected]> Subject: [ILUG-Cochin.org] disabling usb port help To: "ilug cochin" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 22 March, 2011, 10:52 PM Dear friends, I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS for our desktops user. For the data security, I want to disable the USB ports for mass storage. For disabling the usb, i did the follow steps System -> Administration -> user and groups user -> advance setting -> user privileges -> uncheck - Access external storage devices automatically But it is not working, when a user attach pen drive it automatically mounting. i am using usb keyboard and mouse. so don't want to disable complete usb port. i just want to disable only the usb mass storage . could you please tell me how to solve the problem ? Thank you kevin sha -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected] _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
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