Yep, you can simply romove it or 'chmod 000' on it.This is the first thing I do when configuring Linux box.
Artur "Mo Zhen Guang (SLDT)" wrote: > I read of an article about redhat linux security, here is excerption about > atd > -------------------- > This scheduling daemon schedules "jobs" for later execution. You > could use at to tell atd to run "ps -ef > /root/jay " in two hours, just to > find out what processes are running then. Unfortunately, there's been a rich > history of security problems in the at / atd program pair. Fortunately, the > same basic functionality can be found in crond , which is a wholly necessary > daemon. Disable atd , and its associated program /usr/bin/at, by running: > # chkconfig atd off > # chmod 000 /usr/bin/at > ----------------------- > I was wondering if I should do the same on Debian when I never use at > command , or some other debian packages depend on atd for self maintenance > so I have to keep it? (when I tried to remove at package with dselect, no > dependency problem arise) > > Thank you > Mo > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
