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