3.G.B.B. USBGuard Device Management

Last modified by Patrick Theil on 2023/11/03 14:16

Connected USB devices

All USB devices, which are currently connected to this system and/or have a defined ruleset, will be listed in this configuration screen. Via the corresponding drop-down menus you can determine, how this system should deal with this USB device. This enables you to determine for each USB device, whether the system should grant access, or deny it.

The following options are available:

  • Allow Authorises the device and grants it access to the system.
  • BLOCK Deauthorises the device and denies it access to the system. However, it is still possible to e.g. charge devices through the system's USB ports.
  • REJECT Removes the device from the system, entirely.

edit  This button will only be displayed for connected USB devices without any defined ruleset at this port. Clicking on this button will unlock the configuration for the corresponding device, otherwise it will be blocked.

delete  By clicking oh this button you can delete the current rule for this device, connected to this particular USB port.