hi all,

How can i disable usb drive in Linux, on Windows it can be easily done
by setting Registry key
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor\Start" to 4.

How can i disable usb drive in Linux ??

Thanks for any help

In linux it's even more easily done, by unloading the usb_storage module:

modprobe -r usb_storage

from the command line.

To make this permanent you will have to blacklist the module, to prevent it from loading on reboot. You didn't mention which distro you are using, so I can't give specific instructions on that.

EDIT: I just tried this on my system, unloaded the usb_storage module, then plugged in a thumb drive, the module was reloaded and the drive auto mounted.

Are you just looking to turn off auto mounting, or do you want to totally disable the ability to use a USB drive?

hey,

thanks for the reply.
I am using Fedora Core 7.

when i tried to run "modprobe -r usb_storage" it said "FATAL: Module usb_storage is in use"
to solve this i unmounted the device "umount /dev/sdb" and the again issued "modprobe -r usb_storage" this time it worked.

but when i removed the device and inserted it back, it was mounted again.

after this i tried following:

1. Unmounted the device. "umount /dev/sdb"
2. removed the module. "modprobe -r usb_storage"
3. edited /etc.modprobe.d/blacklist and appended "blacklist usb_storage"
4. remove the device and inserted it back, but it was mounted again

Thinking that the blacklist is not refreshed, i rebooted the PC and plugged the device again, but this time also it was mounted.

How can i make this permanent.

elliott678:
"Are you just looking to turn off auto mounting, or do you want to totally disable the ability to use a USB drive?"

No, I don't want to turn off auto mounting, nor do i want to disable it permanently.
I just want to disable it for some time and then enable it back("without rebooting the PC")

Any suggestions/comments ???

may be this thread may help:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-basis-623341/