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.