Disable pendrive

[Konstantin Svist]

David C. Chipman wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:52:35 -0500
> arunbkn at aol.in wrote:
>
>   
>> Dear All,
>>
>> How can i disable the usb port(s) of our clients to use mass storage
>> media (pen drives), where they (usb ports) should be working for
>> printer and other uses.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Arun
>>
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>
> 	Hi Arun, 
>
> 		It sounds like you have an interesting problem. Did you 
> consider deleting the usb-storage kernel module? On my currently running 
> kernel ("2.6.23.15-137.fc8", in my case), it can be found at:
>
> /lib/modules/2.6.23.15-137.fc8/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko
>
> 	If you want to make sure it doesn't show up at all, you might
> set up a "search-and-destroy" in your /etc/rc.local file. Something
> like this (PLEASE NOTE: This code has NOT been tested!):
>
> ---8<--Cut here--8<---
> if [ -f /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko ]
> then
> 	rm -f /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko
> 	logger Removed USB Storage Kernel module
> fi
> ---8<--Cut here--8<---
>
> 	Another solution would involve you recompiling kernels, and removing 
> support for USB storage devices from the built kernel yourself. Later, 
>
>
> 		-David Chipman
>
>   


If the user doesn't have elevated privileges, maybe blacklisting the 
modules is enough..?