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Old August 17th, 2006, 06:06 AM
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Question Disabling USB flash memory usage

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We use a few Macs (G4 & G5) in our company and we want to stop users using USB flash memory dongles. Is it possible at all?

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I don't think it is possible as the USB is required for Keyboard/mouse operation. I was going to suggest removing the USB kext. But that would prevent me from typing this to you.

I am not sure, however, how this is it much different from users emailing files to themselves (their private account)...?

Excellent question though.. I am curious too.
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I was thinking about the same - about disabling the whole usb subsystem - but obviously it's not the solution.
Maybe there is a way to remove usb flash memory driver from the system so that usb memory keys wouldn't be recognized.

By the way - users cannot acces web based mail systems - they are blocked (-;
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