Disable USB ports

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:

> El Martes, 19 de Febrero de 2008 11:14, arunbkn at aol.in escribió:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > How can I disable USB ports of my client PCs, such that USB ports will? not
> > be used for mass storage media (pen drives , etc) where as enable for other
> > purposes such as printer, etc.
> >
>
> As far as I know the USB mass storage module is needed for pendrives
> to be mounted. What about,t then, not letting anybody "modprobe"
> that module? Or just do not charging it in the system?

that would be *my* first thought -- prevent loading of the
"usb-storage" module.

rday
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