On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 05:14 -0500, arunbkn@xxxxxx wrote: > How can I disable USB ports of my client PCs, such that USB ports will > not be used for mass storage media (pen drives , etc) where as enable > for other purposes such as printer, etc. Tell your users not to do that. If you can't trust them not to put a USB stick into the computer I don't see why you're letting them use the computer in the first place. <snide remark>or let them use _my_ computer, which after upgrading, F5 -> F7 -> F8, now behaves exactly like you want, which pisses me off enormously. I.e., USB drives appear in /proc/partitions but won't mount.</snide> Dr. Tom -- And he who would not languish amongst men, must learn to drink out of all glasses; and he who would keep clean amongst men, must know how to wash himself even with dirty water. Thus spoke Zarathustra.