Disable USB port for mass storage

[Arun Shrimali]

Can anybody help me how to disable usb ports for mass storages (pen
/thumb drives) in Ubuntu 9.10

Arun

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Arun Shrimali <arun.reso at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
> I was using few PCs with Ubuntu 8.10, for the security reasons their
> USB ports were disabled with the following method ;
>
> 1. Press Alt+F2 and enter:
> polkit-gnome-authorization
> 2. Go to Storage => Mount file systems from removable drivers
> 3. Press the "Edit..." button
> 4. Choose "Active Console: Authentication"
> 5. Press the "Modify..." button
>
> Now with the upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10, above procedure is not working as
> policy toolkit was not in default installation and even after
> installing policykit-gnome, about method is not working as could not
> find option for removable drives.
>
> Is there any way in 9.10, I can disable USB ports for mass storages ??
>
> Thanks
>
> Arun
>