Message: 13 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:14:35 -0700 From: "Mark Hull-Richter" mhullrich@gmail.com Subject: Re: Changed: Was: Re: [CentOS] Beta question - initial install of packages Now: Turn off unneeded services after installation To: "CentOS mailing list" centos@centos.org Message-ID: f4e013870704021614x4dc63d00q28147619e06e7f6b@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
<snip> <Any specific suggestions for relative newbies as to 1) how to list the <services that are running and 2) which ones are generally good <candidates to kill?
Mark: From a terminal window, run system-config-services You will need to enter the root password. That will bring up the Service Configuration GUI. Or, from the Desktop (I use GNOME), you can get there by Applications > System Settings >Server Settings > Services (easier to do it via the terminal window), which will also bring up the Service Configuration GUI.
Look at everything with a check mark in the box. If you click on those things, it will give you a very brief description of what it is. If you do not need it, uncheck the box and stop the service, and when you are done, save the new configuration.
Installing on Desktops, I find that Red Hat has Server stuff running that I do not want or need and that would expose the box. HTH, Lanny