REstriction to USB

SUSE Product Topics SLES Configure-Administer
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Hello,

It is somehow posible to restrict USB devices on SLES11 SP3? I mean for example that only specified (white listed) USB keyboards, USB mouse or USB disk drives will be allowed based on their serial number or something else.

Thank a lot for any advices…

Regards
Peter

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[QUOTE=kirso;26209]Hello,

It is somehow posible to restrict USB devices on SLES11 SP3? I mean for example that only specified (white listed) USB keyboards, USB mouse or USB disk drives will be allowed based on their serial number or something else.

Thank a lot for any advices…

Regards
Peter[/QUOTE]

Never tried it myself, but I have seen discussions of doing such a thing with udev.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=linux+restrict+usb+devices+udev

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For input-devices you can do it like this:
You could use udev-rules to “grab” the devices you like and create a link in /dev/input/

  • Specify a specfic input-device in /etc/X11/xorg.conf which uses the same link as above.
  • Use the input device in the ServerLayout section.
  • Disable AutoAddDevices in ServerFlags

Then your X-Server should only use the input devices that you want.