usbguard-notifier - provides user-friendly notifications for USBGuard

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NAME

usbguard-notifier − provides user−friendly notifications for USBGuard

USBGuard Notifier is a software framework mainly for detecting usbguard policy modifications as well as device presence changes. The purpose of this project is to create user−friendly notifications in form of quick pop−up messages.

OPTIONS

−w, −−wait

Wait until an active IPC connection is estabilished.

−d, −−debug

Enable debug mode.

−h, −−help

Show help.

HOW TO START

In order to make usbguard−notifier work properly, you will need to perform certain actions:

1. Each user who wants to run usbguard−notifier service needs to have sufficient IPC privileges to connect to the usbguard IPC interface. To allow a specific user to listen to the device signals you can use the following command:

$ sudo usbguard add−user USER −d listen

Or you can allow a group of users:

$ sudo usbguard add−user −g GROUP −d listen

2. Now, you need a running usbguard−daemon instance to connect to. Start the usbguard service or restart it if it is already running.

3. After configuring IPC privileges and starting up the usbguard−daemon, the user can now start the usbguard−notifier service:

$ systemctl start −−user usbguard−notifier.service

Optionally, the user can enable the usbguard−notifier service to start automatically after the login:

$ systemctl enable −−user usbguard−notifier.service

The usbguard−notifier should now be running. Anytime a USB device gets inserted/ejected or allowed/blocked a message will pop up in the user’s graphical interface.