[CentOS] server install and software config advise please

[Robert Hanson]

} 
} 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.

thank you, some truly useful info and i appreciate the suggestions from
others to do more man pages and searching as well.

it is a good idea to pipe Will's helpful commands above to "more" or a file
though...

arent some things almost a waste of bits at times? ;->

shouldnt a lot of this be toggled off by default in an install? :)

Will, when using what you have above, it wont find things that actually
correlate to "named" and "cpuspeed" etc...

is this "buggies" in the install or naming conventions or just funky
renaming or?

thanks

 - rh

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