[ubuntu-in] Disable USB port for Mass Storage

[Arun Shrimali]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:16 PM, निशांत / Nishant <nishantsharma.in@
gmail.com> 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.
>
> regards,
> Nishant
>
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Thanks, its working
Step 1. #modprobe -r usb_storage
Step 2 (for permanent solution) edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 and add following line at the end:

blacklist usb_storage

To again start the USB port for mass storage
undo step 2
restart pc

Thanks to nishant and jkhatri
Arun
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