Mike, The suggestion is normally aimed at network-accessible services. Still, of the list of things you have, I would probably keep atd running, and perhaps smbfs if you ever envision doing a CIFS mount. The only one I can't say one way or the other is the hwscan, since I don't know what it does.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Michael MacIsaac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Turning off unneeded services in SLES-8 Hi list, I often hear the suggestion to "turn off unneeded services". SuSE SLES-8 seems to have a lot of services off, but there are probably more that are not needed. However, I'm wary of turning off any that are critical to Linux. Will any of the following be a problem with the base functioning of a Linux image under z/VM?: chkconfig atd off chkconfig fbset off chkconfig hotplug off chkconfig hwscan off chkconfig postfix off chkconfig smbfs off chkconfig xdm off Thanks. -Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
