CentOS - Apr 2007 - Changed: Was: Re: Beta question - initial install of packages Now: Turn off unneeded services after installation

>Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:38:20 -0500
>From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] Beta question - initial install of packages
>To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
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<Even with the mostly conservative default
<settings, having services on your machine that you will never use makes
<your machine ripe for break ins and a root kit.

Amen. I have been installing Red Hat Linux (and now CentOS) since RH 7.
After installing, I am always astonished at the unneeded services that
upstream has running. Check services, after installing and stop the
services you do not need!

>
> Amen. I have been installing Red Hat Linux (and now CentOS) since RH 7.
> After installing, I am always astonished at the unneeded services that
> upstream has running. Check services, after installing and stop the
> services you do not need!

Any specific suggestions for relative newbies as to 1) how to list the
services that are running and 2) which ones are generally good candidates to
kill?

Thanks.

mhr
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Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
>     Amen. I have been installing Red Hat Linux (and now CentOS) since RH 7.
>     After installing, I am always astonished at the unneeded services that
>     upstream has running. Check services, after installing and stop the
>     services you do not need!
> 
> 
> Any specific suggestions for relative newbies as to 1) how to list the 
> services that are running and 2) which ones are generally good 
> candidates to kill?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> mhr
> 
> 
http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=centos+stop+services&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a


Third item from the top (anchorite.org)

MrKiwi