[Sig] Services running on my Mandrake 7.2 system -- any suggestions on other stuff to disable?

Randy Kramer rhkramer@fast.net
Sun, 25 Feb 2001 17:43:07 -0500


Now that I look at it, I'm not sure I need xinetd at all.  Do I?  (Based
on the individual services that I don't think I need.)

Randy

Randy Kramer wrote:
> -xinetd based services:
> --chargen:        off     Leave off
> --chargen-udp:    off     Leave off
> --daytime:        off     Leave off
> --daytime-udp:    off     Leave off
> --echo:           off     Leave off
> --echo-udp:       off     Leave off
> --time:           off     Leave off
> --time-udp:       off     Leave off
> --linuxconf-web:  off     Leave off
> --wu-ftpd:        on     Turn off -- I'll use Samba to exchange files locally
> --swat:           on     Turn off until I configure a Samba server
> --imap:           off     Leave off
> --ipop3:          on      Turn off -- I don't think I need this to run a mail client on this machine
> --comsat:         off     Leave off
> --ntalk:          off     Leave off
> --talk:           off     Leave off
> --finger:         off     Leave off
> --tftp:           off     Leave off