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Hi All, I am using redhat el5.. Here in my network i want to block usb drives.So user cant able to access their pen drives. But unfortunately our system mouse ...
  1. 05-26-2009 #1
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    Usb disable

    Hi All,

    I am using redhat el5.. Here in my network i want to block usb drives.So user cant able to access their pen drives. But unfortunately our system mouse also usb mouse. So pls guide how to disable only for pendrives. Thanks in advance.
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    I know devicekit is what Fedora is currently using for this kinda stuff, but I dont know if it is in RHEL yet.


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    hi

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    Thank you for your reply.I will try this in rhel 5.
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    You can keep them from being automounted by disabling the autofs service. Once that is done, in order for a user to mount the USB drive, they would need root privileges. This probably will disable automounts of CD/DVD discs as well.
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    Another option is to disable the 'usb-storage' kernel module from being loadable by either moving the kernel module.

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    mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko.bk
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    Or simply blacklisting the module within '/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist'.
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    Hi All

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    Thank you guys for your immediate reply.I hope this information sounds good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rubberman View Post
    You can keep them from being automounted by disabling the autofs service. Once that is done, in order for a user to mount the USB drive, they would need root privileges. This probably will disable automounts of CD/DVD discs as well.
    How can i disable autofs service?
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