Permanently disable bluetooth and wireless devices (mouse, keyboard)

Post#1 by **deepakm** » 14 Apr 2023, 08:34

I want to allow only wired peripheral devices. I want to restrict students from using Bluetooth or wireless for connecting mouse or keyboard and indulge in malpractice during their tests. Can this be achieved by any configuration?

Post#2 by **deepakm** » 17 Apr 2023, 01:16

Is the above impossible to achieve? Can anyone give me a hint as to how it can be done? I unsquashed settings.xzm and I created a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bluetooth.conf with the below content. But it didn't help. I was still able to use wireless mouse.

blacklist bnep
blacklist bluetooth
blacklist btusb
blacklist wl

Post#3 by **beny** » 17 Apr 2023, 07:42

hi, try to know rfkill option in terminal or you have to write an udev rule for the bluetooth devices.

Post#4 by **fanthom** » 17 Apr 2023, 07:50

Hello deepakm,

I guess you would have to remaster the ISO and remove relevant drives from 000-kernel.xzm module.

Moving the thread to a proper subforum category.

Thanks

Post#5 by **deepakm** » 19 Apr 2023, 12:05

Thanks beny and fanthom for your replies. I see there is a udev rule 60-block.rules in 001-core.xzm(lib64/udev). Would it be the right place to add this rule? Or should I be doing it in the 003-settings.xzm(lib64/udev)?

Thanks,
Deepak M