How to Block the USB device

 
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# 1  
Old 08-25-2010
How to Block the USB device

Hi friends,
I wanna know how to block USB devices in my RedHat flavor Operating system.
regards,
Prakash
# 2  
Old 08-25-2010
Code:
modprobe -r usb_storage

# 3  
Old 08-25-2010
That won't stop the module getting autoloaded, though. Try
Code:
echo 'blacklist usb_storage' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

...or wherever your blacklist.conf is.
# 4  
Old 08-27-2010
Bug

Try the following command at your risk

sudo mv /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko /.usb-storage.ko

This won't load the USB device when rebooted.
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