On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > El Martes, 19 de Febrero de 2008 11:14, arunbkn@xxxxxx escribió: > > Dear All, > > > > 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. > > > > As far as I know the USB mass storage module is needed for pendrives > to be mounted. What about,t then, not letting anybody "modprobe" > that module? Or just do not charging it in the system? that would be *my* first thought -- prevent loading of the "usb-storage" module. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ========================================================================