Re: Disabling USB ports to prevent unauthorized data transfers

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Subject: Re: Disabling USB ports to prevent unauthorized data transfers
From: John Thompson <JohnThompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:30:03 -0500
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Murali Potla wrote:

If hotplug is enabled then will they be automatically mounted .. Is there any other way so that I need not depend on mount .. ?

You could put them in /etc/hotplug/blacklist so they're not automatically mounted.

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-John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx)

References:
- Disabling USB ports to prevent unauthorized data transfers
  - From: Murali Potla
- Re: Disabling USB ports to prevent unauthorized data transfers
  - From: Michael E. Webster
- Re: Disabling USB ports to prevent unauthorized data transfers
  - From: Murali Potla