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Old 10-09-2007, 08:17 AM   #1
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Question Help me to block pen drive & CDROM ?

My name is Rahul Kumar.I want to restrict CDROM & pen drive in linux?
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Rahul Kumar
 
Old 10-09-2007, 01:30 PM   #2
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go into file /etc/fstab as root and find a line that looks somthing like this

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/dev/sda1        /media/USB       auto        defaults,user             0   0
take out the user from the 4th collum and users shouldnt be able to mount USB

find a simler entry for CD's
 
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