Ed Morrison wrote:
Hello Everyone:
I inherited a CentOS 4.x box that appears to have been installed with the everything installation option. I would like to strip the box down of all the unnecessary apps and streamline/secure it. Unfortunately, it is a production box and it would be quite inconvenient to burn down and rebuild. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this conveniently with yum and still leave the box in a production condition i.e. leave it's needed services up and running?
Thanks, Ed
Hi -
I've seen this in the past, and I was fortunate enough for the person to have used the 'yum group*' commands.
You might be able to get rid of software groups which might contain these pieces of software. Looking for the group* commands associated with Yum, and you might get lucky, in the same manner that I did.
Thanks! -dant