On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 13:53, Pixel wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fox) writes: > > > Could someone please explain why an average user would need the > > following services running as default: > > > > rwhod > > saslauthd > > ipvsadm > > Could someone please explain why an average user would have those > packages installed by default > > is the real question i would ask. >
The descriptions are not very clear for these services - and I perform only an "expert" install and choose just the Server option for SSH, etc. > > Also, if someone NEVER uses NFS - it is safe to turn off portmap, nfs > > and nfslock . . . > > wrong. portmap is used by fam. > I have been stopping portmap as a service for quite some time and nothing seems to complain (fam never choked!) > If you don't want nfs server, don't install nfs-utils (i agree the > package name is not really good) > Maybe there should be better documentation on what are the "critical" or core services which are absolutely necessary - and a good description of the rest so someone could make the right decisions! Thx, R.Fox
