On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 13:23, Hanan Z. Shargi wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Every once in a while somebody recommends that Services that aren't used
> should be stopped ...
> ever since I started using Linux, everytime I'm asked during the installation:
> should I start these services at startup? ... I say YES :-)
>
> would someone please explicitly state WHICH services should run in a normal pc
> (notebook here ) one that is connected to the internet through DSL and doing
> usual games.., net browsing, text editing stuff ??
>
> AND/OR refer us to a good document to read about services and what they do.
In Mandrake Control Center, under System -> Services, you see a listing
of what services are run at bootup. This list is essentially the same as
the files in /etc/rc5.d/, if your system boots into X, which Mandrake
defaults to and probably most Mandrake users prefer.
I run an IBM ThinkPad i1500, and here is my /etc/rc5.d listing:
./ S11internet@ S56rawdevices@ S77Win4Lin@ S95kheader@
../ S12syslog@S60cups@S85gpm@ S99local@
S08ipvsadm@ S20random@S70alsa@S90crond@
S09pcmcia@ S26apmd@ S71sound@ S90xfs@
S10network@ S55ntpd@ S75keytable@S95anacron@
(ignore the preceding numbers and following '@' symbols and just look at
the service names).
I also have DSL at home (through my home LAN), and I need network/LAN
connectivity at my clients' offices, so I have a PCMCIA network card.
I only use Samba client to connect to other computers, but I do not
share anything on my own drive (as a "server"), so it is not listed
here. I do not provide any server-type services like http, ftp, smtp,
etc. Some people set up Sendmail or Postfix to run on their workstations
so they can send email directly, but I have no need for this and it can
be a security hole if you don't know how to configure it properly.
Notice that I have Win4Lin. This allows me to run Windows 98SE as an
application under Linux, for the few Windows applications which I still
need to use. Win4Lin requires its own kernel-based service to work.
Dave
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