====== Ubuntu - USB - USB driver ====== The usb-storage.ko is the USB Mass Storage driver for Linux. ls -l /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko All you have to do is disable or remove the usb-storage.ko driver to restrict to use USB devices on Linux such as: * USB keyboards * USB mice * USB pen drive * USB hard disk * Other USB block storage ---- ===== Disable the usb_storage module ===== To disable: sudo modprobe -r usb_storage To enable: sudo modprobe -i usb_storage ---- The easiest way to disable usb storage device in linux is create following file and add following line inside the file: sudo touch /etc/modprobe.d/no-usb and populate: install usb-storage /bin/true ----