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Disable multimedia access in Linux

is there a way on how to disable multimedia access in linux like ubuntu? in this way user will not be able to play media files. (via command line or grapical tool)

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you can blacklist the audio/video module by adding the entry in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

http://thoughtsbyclayg.blogspot.com/...-hardware.html

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