On Friday 08 December 2006 14:03, John Novack wrote: > David Thomas wrote: > > > > Note: a default install of CentOS installs a bunch of unnecessary > > services that you will want to turn off using "chkconfig service_name > > off". > > > > David > > It MIGHT be useful for SOMEONE to specify what those unnecessary > services are > > John Novack
That depends entirely on what services you need to have running. No one will hold being inexperienced against you- but unwilling to learn is something else. The world is crammed to the gills with excellent Linux system and network administration references. A good resource for anyone new to CentOS is the Red Hat manuals: http://www.redhat.com/docs/ And of course as all good computer geeks know, go to the distribution's home page, which is http://www.centos.org/. Wikis, forums, mailing lists are all here. Running a complex server like Asterisk has several interdependent parts: Asterisk itself, provisioning phones, operating system administration, and network administration. You already know about this here excellent list, and hopefully are aware of http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/, the home of all things Asterisk. These are my fave resources for Linux system and network administration: TCP/IP Network Administration, Third Edition http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tcp3/ TCP/IP is fundamental to VoIP and computer networking. If you don't understand TCP/IP everything else will remain mysterious bash Quick Reference http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bashqr/ get up to speed quickly on the primary Linux command shell Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html Free to read online. My favorite inspirational book with essays by the movers and shakers of the free software movement And of course, may I modestly point to my own book (see sig.) Though it's getting a bit old and needing an update. Carla -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carla Schroder Linux geek and random computer tamer check out my Linux Cookbook! http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxckbk/ best book for sysadmins and power users ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
