How to disable USB storage only (USB headets should continue to work)

[Swapnil Jain]

Dear Daniel,


Type the following command:

# echo 'install usb-storage : ' >> /etc/modprobe.conf

You can also remove USB Storage driver, enter:

# ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko
# mv /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko /root


BIOS option

You can also disable USB from system BIOS configuration option. Make sure BIOS is password protected.

Grub option

You can get rid of all USB devices by disabling kernel support for USB via GRUB. Open grub.conf or menu.lst  and append "nousb" to the kernel line as follows:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ console=tty0 console=ttyS1,19200n8 nousb


Save and close the file. Once done just reboot the system:
# reboot


Thanks!
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On 27-Mar-2010, at 12:09 AM, David Taveras wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Using karmic.
> 
> I tried pico /etc/modprob/blacklist.conf
> 
> Added:
> 
> blacklist usb-storage
> blacklist usb_storage
> 
> I rebooted then poped a USB pendrive but it still works. What is the
> correct way to do this?
> 
> Daniel
> 
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