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Old 11-14-2008, 01:46 AM   #1
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Hello everyone,
I am using ubuntu 8.04. Is there any way to disable pendrive ??


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Old 11-14-2008, 06:55 PM   #2
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You need to be a little more specific. Do you want to disable all USB storage, just a specific type of USB storage, only limit it for certain users, etc, etc?

The easiest way, which would disable all USB storage, is to blacklist the "usb-storage" module at boot.
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Old 11-15-2008, 01:01 AM   #3
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Could you please tell me how to blacklist the usb-storage at boot time?
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