[CentOS] USB devices - libgphoto2 - PTP - hplip

Thu Dec 10 15:49:36 UTC 2015
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 10.12.2015 um 11:11 schrieb Michael H <michael at wemoto.com>:
> 
> 
> On 10/12/15 10:02, Leon Fauster wrote:
>> Am 10.12.2015 um 09:37 schrieb Michael H <michael at wemoto.com>:
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to disable USB storage devices in Centos7.1.1503.
>> 
>> on EL6 we use: 
>> 
>> # cat /etc/modprobe.d/usb-disabled.conf
>> install	usb-storage	/bin/true
>> 
>> # depmod -a
> I've achieved disabling USB devices and then allowing specific vendors /
> products using UDEV rules.
> 
> How can I disable PTP automounting without removing the libgphoto2 package?
> 
> We are allowing a specific set of usb devices to be used in the company,
> one of the things we want to block is any kind of file transfer between
> mobile devices and our systems. Unfortunately it's not just a complete
> block on devices.



A legitimately approach but from a security point of view its not the best one.
No authentication, no authorization mechanism and USB IDs can be forgeable. 

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LF