Locking USB ports etc.

[zoran]

Is there an ability to lock the data ports in an iMac so that a user cannot take files using a flash drive?

 

[Tech198]

umm.. I guess don't leave the usb flash in when u'r not using it ?

I think u can probably get hardware equipped usb drives with a write protect lock....

A step down from there would be password protect contents and/or encrypt drive.

There are ways by deleting the extension IOUsbMassStorage.kext and running Terminal command

 

[zoran]

umm.. I guess don't leave the usb flash in when u'r not using it ?

Its not a matter of if i leave a drive there because any user can bring his own flash drive and take files

I think u can probably get hardware equipped usb drives with a write protect lock....

What about the usb ports that are already there? Can they be locked?

There are ways by deleting the extension IOUsbMassStorage.kext and running Terminal command

So u mean that through Terminal i can lock the usb ports access of the iMac?

 

[jbarley]

Its not a matter of if i leave a drive there because any user can bring his own flash drive and take files


What about the usb ports that are already there? Can they be locked?

So u mean that through Terminal i can lock the usb ports access of the iMac?

The fellow on this link seems to have found a solution for a similar problem.

 

[zoran]

The fellow on this link seems to have found a solution for a similar problem.

thanx jbarley, i dont see though how the usb ports are enabled again.

 

[jbarley]

thanx jbarley, i dont see though how the usb ports are enabled again.

That very question is asked and answered on that same page link.
replace kextunload with kextload.