You don't want to disable USB or you'd disable keyboards and mice.
On 7/7/11 3:23 PM, "Bentley, Matthew" <matthew.bentley at fmr.com> wrote:
I'm assuming you're wanting to deny access to external drives. Correct? I
use Casper's Managed Preferences to disable these in one of our offices
where we need tighter security.
The following specifically blocks external hard disks to Standard users
but allows administrators to authenticate and use them. This is effective
for both USB and firewire drives.
Domain: com.apple.systemuiserver
Key name: mount-controls
Key type: Enter Manually
Value:
<dict>
<key>blankcd</key>
<array/>
<key>blankdvd</key>
<array/>
<key>cd</key>
<array/>
<key>disk-image</key>
<array/>
<key>dvd</key>
<array/>
<key>harddisk-external</key>
<array>
<string>authenticate</string>
<string>eject</string>
</array>
<key>harddisk-internal</key>
<array/>
</dict>
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William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492
