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Old 10-09-2007, 08:22 AM   #1
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Thumbs down Help me to block pen drive & CDROM ?

My name is Rahul Kumar.I want to restrict CDROM & pen drive in linux Redhat?
Regards,
Rahul Kumar
 
Old 10-09-2007, 08:25 AM   #2
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Blacklist the modules required to access those devices.

Do not post the same question more than once in different sections of this forum.
Last edited by indienick; 10-09-2007 at 09:26 AM.
 
Old 10-09-2007, 08:40 AM   #3
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Ya I was going to post a different way, but I think that would be the easiest.
 
Old 10-10-2007, 02:00 AM   #4
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can't you just change the permission on the device driver ?
you can also create a group for cdrom like debian and give only certain users access.
 
Old 10-10-2007, 08:36 AM   #5
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There are a lot of different things you can do, it depends on what exactly he wants to do.
 
  


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