[ubuntu-in] Disable USB port for Mass Storage

[Nitesh Mistry]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 01:16:40PM +0530, निशांत / Nishant wrote:
> > Pl give me the steps how can I do that.
> >
> > modprobe -r usb_storage
> 
> Using above command will work until you reboot the machine.
> 
> For a permanent solution edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add following line:
> 
> blacklist usb_storage
> 
> then save and reboot.

This has got me interested as well. As Arun asked, do other usb devices work
after this. Devices like usb keyboards, modems, printers, etc.?


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