031122 Andrew Gaffney wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> i installed Gentoo 031015 & am very pleased with it, but still learning. >> there are 4 daemons in /etc/init.d for remote access to my box: >> sshd slapd slurpd rsyncd . i've checked their man pages >> & all appear to be running as servers for things i don't need or want. >> two questions: am i correct that i can remove these scripts from init.d >> without interfering with the ordinary functioning of my system ? >> and why are they set up by default on a Gentoo system, >> when they cd cause a security problem for a naive -- mb me -- user ? >> and perhaps a 3rd question: are there any other similar items in init.d ? > Just because they are in /etc/init.d does not mean that they are running. > They are only running if *you* did 'rc-update add <service> default'.
yes, sorry for the rather naive question: i knew re runlevels , but hadn't remembered re init.d . > You can double check this by running 'rc-status'. > If they are not in the list, then they don't start by default. > rc-status bash: rc-status: command not found don't you have to do it per daemon, eg '.../adsl status' ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
