[CentOS] server install and software config advise please

[Will McDonald]

On 30/08/05, Robert Hanson <roberth at abbacomm.net> wrote:

> out of that list, is there anything i shouldnt turn off under any
> circumstances for a typical DNS server on the Internet running the few other
> TCP/IP services it is offering?

I typically switch off the following...

chkconfig portmap off
chkconfig nfslock off
chkconfig rpcsvcgssd off 
chkconfig rpcgssd off 
chkconfig rpcidmapd off 
chkconfig isdn off
chkconfig gpm off
chkconfig pcmcia off
chkconfig apmd off
chkconfig lm_sensors off

If you want more info as to the purposes of each package, in addition
to reading the man pages as suggested by others, the package
information database contains a nice precis too...

/sbin/chkconfig --list | grep ':on' | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs rpm -qi

Will.