Re: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services?
Thanks. I have been meaning to look into ssh. From: David Walluck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services? Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 23:30:43 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBB256236006DD820F3E0D847542308DD0; Thu Jun 29 20:42:46 2000 Received: (from sympa@localhost)by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA10800for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:42:45 -0500 Received: from sonneillon.tacorp.com (sonneillon.tacorp.com [205.133.182.131]) by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA30266 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 22:36:06 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by sonneillon.tacorp.com (8.10.0.Beta12/8.10.0.Beta12) with ESMTP id e5S3Uji21852 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 23:30:46 -0400 (EDT) From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 29 20:44:01 2000 X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sequence: 254 Precedence: list On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, bobby dowling wrote: Turn off inetd? I need to be able to ftp and telnet into my machine ...I also like to use webmin on occasion. Will disabling inetd affect this? Yes, but 1.) no one really uses telnet anymore, ssh is the way to go unless you can think of a good reason not to, and ssh is standalone. 2.) I like proftpd myself, and there's other standalone ftp daemons. But you're right all 3 things would be inaccesable. I've offered alternatives for 2 out of the 3. I was thinking in terms of security more than memory footprint. But you get both if you can find a way to live without inetd. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services?
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, bobby dowling wrote: Turn off inetd? I need to be able to ftp and telnet into my machine ...I also like to use webmin on occasion. Will disabling inetd affect this? Yes, but 1.) no one really uses telnet anymore, ssh is the way to go unless you can think of a good reason not to, and ssh is standalone. 2.) I like proftpd myself, and there's other standalone ftp daemons. But you're right all 3 things would be inaccesable. I've offered alternatives for 2 out of the 3. I was thinking in terms of security more than memory footprint. But you get both if you can find a way to live without inetd.
RE: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services?
What services might I disable (with drakxservices) to free up some resources (RAM). I figure there are at least some services running that I don't need that I can kill. What do you need running? That depends on what your system is doing all day (and night). Take some time and go through the list below, it may help you out a little. I threw this together in a matter of minutes, so it's not very good or complete, but it should help some. Here's a really long (not complete) list of services: amd = Automount daemon, automatically mounts filesytems. anacron = Another cron daemon, runs programs at scheduled times (may not really be needed). apmd = Advanced power management, monitors laptop batteries and turns on/off hardware not in use. arpwatch = Watches arp traffic on your network (most likely not needed). atd = A cron-type thing runs programs at a set time (may not really be needed). autofs = Another automatic filesystem mounter. bootparamd = Server for bootp clients (most likely not needed). crond = Cron daemon, runs programs at set times (used by logrotate and other system-level stuff, may want to keep this one.) dhcpd = DHCP server daemon, serves IP addresses to other systems on the network (most likely not needed). gated = Advanced routing daemon (most likely not needed). gpm = Console mouse driver (only needed if you want to use your mouse for copy/paste in the console). httpd = Web server (only needed if you're serving web pages). inet = Inet daemon, handles FTP, telnet, POP mail, and other misc services (you can probably disable some of the services in inet, but by disabling inet, remember that you are disabling FTP and telnet). innd = Internet news server (most likely not needed). isdn4linux = ISDN services (only needed if you have an ISDN Internet connection). keytable = Keyboard mappings. kudzu = Detects and configures new hardware (you can turn this off until you add new hardware). ldap = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, provides Enterprise-level directory services (most likely not needed). linuxconf = Linux configuration tool, accessible from the web (useful for remote administration, but if you're always in front of the machine, it's not really needed). lpd = Printer daemon (only needed if you have a printer or access a remote printer). mars-nwe = Netware server emulator (only needed if you need to provide Netware-like file/print sharing, most likely not needed). mcserv = Midnight commander server, for using mc from a remote machine (most likely not needed). named = Name server, provides IP address resolution for a domain (only needed if you have a domain and you need to provide DNS service for it, most likely not needed). netfs = Network filesystem mounter (only needed if you do a lot of network filesystem mounting). network = Controls the basic networking components such as your ethernet card. nfs = NFS server, shares filesystem to remote computers (only needed if you will be sharing files among Linux/UNIX machines). nfslock = File locking for NFS (only needed if you use NFS). nscd = Name Switch Cache Daemon, caches user and group lookups among servers (only needed if you use NIS/YP, most likely not needed). numlock = Controls the numlock key (turns it on during bootup). pcmcia = PCMCIA card services for laptops (only needed if you have a laptop). portmap = Portmapper (only needed if you use NIS/YP or NFS). postfix = Mail server (choose between this and sendmail). postgresql = SQL database server (only needed if you need a database). routed = Routing daemon (most likely not needed). rstatd = The 4 big "r" services (only needed if rusersd you're running a full-service shell rwalldserver, most likely not needed) rwhod sendmail = Mail server (choose between this and postfix). smb = Samba, Windows and Linux file/print sharing (only needed if you'll be sharing files between Windows and Linux systems). snmpd = SNMP daemon, used to manage systems over a network (most likely not needed). squid = Squid proxy server, caches Web traffic (most likely not needed). sshd = Secure shell daemon, secure telnet (you may want to enable this to access your machine remotely, it's much more secure than telnet, especially important if you disabled inet). syslog = System log daemon (you should keep this running). usb = USB support services (only needed if you have USB devices on your computer). webmin = Web
Re: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services?
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, bobby dowling wrote: Um, that's hard to say because it depends on what you need. I would definatelty disable inetd if you can beacuse it's a security risk. The only absolutely necessary thing to have running is xfs if you use X unless you want to set up X not to use a fontserver. I would also recommend running random and syslogd (kind of important). keytable, network, sound, and crond are also important. Othrewise yo can probably get away with turning it off.
Re: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services?
Turn off inetd? I need to be able to ftp and telnet into my machine ...I also like to use webmin on occasion. Will disabling inetd affect this? From: David Walluck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services? Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:47:11 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBB219AE50030D820F3AAD84754230C750; Mon Jun 26 23:55:33 2000 Received: (from sympa@localhost)by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA12551for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 01:55:31 -0500 Received: from sonneillon.tacorp.com (sonneillon.tacorp.com [205.133.182.131]) by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA11843 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 01:53:11 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by sonneillon.tacorp.com (8.10.0.Beta12/8.10.0.Beta12) with ESMTP id e5R6lDc18209 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:47:13 -0400 (EDT) From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 26 23:56:11 2000 X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sequence: 207 Precedence: list On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, bobby dowling wrote: Um, that's hard to say because it depends on what you need. I would definatelty disable inetd if you can beacuse it's a security risk. The only absolutely necessary thing to have running is xfs if you use X unless you want to set up X not to use a fontserver. I would also recommend running random and syslogd (kind of important). keytable, network, sound, and crond are also important. Othrewise yo can probably get away with turning it off. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services?
Turn off inetd? I need to be able to ftp and telnet into my machine ...I also like to use webmin on occasion. if you want to turn off inetd and you wnat telnet and ftp youw ill have to get both services to runa s daemon. Will disabling inetd affect this? so , of course! From: David Walluck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Can I disable unneeded services? Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:47:11 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0
