Re: [CentOS] Disabling services in CentOS 5.5

-- Doug Registered Linux User #285548 (http://counter.li.org) ---------------------------------------- Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. -- Steve Wozniak On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Ski Dawg centos@skidawg.org wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been doing some searching for information about disabling > services within a CentOS 5.5 install. I have found a few different > opinions, and wanted to ask for some feedback. > > First off, the system is running a LAMP stack to serve a web > application. It will only be doing email to send occasional messages > out (sent via the application only). It will not be receiving email > for any users. It is an CentOS 5.5 (fully updated) install running > under VMware (esx, I believe). We are not sharing directories via nfs > or samba (either from or to this virtual machine). > > From my research, the services that I am thinking of turning off are: > nfs (already off) > nfslock > portmap > rpccgssd > rpcidmapd > rpcsvcgssd > apcid > apmd > mdmpd > mdmonitor > > Is there any reason that I need to leave any of these services > running? Are there others that I should disable as well? > > Any feedback about this would be greatly appreciated.