On Lu, 26 nov 12, 22:33:51, Amit wrote: > > Yes, I basically want to avoid even the root user (or process with root > privileges) to able to access this. So the kernel has to be replaced in > order to disable the "write protect" on that USB port. > > It is more of a guarantee that there can be no accidental write on that > device plugged in to that port. There is no guarantee besides removing the device from the port[1]. Even if you were to remove write support from the usb-storage module (or whatever part of the kernel is responsible for that), one can still accidentally boot another kernel. [1] and if you're worried about data corruption this is still not enough What exactly are you trying to achieve? Maybe we can suggest better ways. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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