I've not researched it, but just by it's name I've thought that it might be related to device recognition. But then again, never judge a book by it's cover.
On Monday 18 August 2003 09:34 am, you wrote: > 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 -- Rich Smrcina Sr. Systems Engineer Sytek Services, A Division of DSG Milwaukee, WI rsmrcina at wi.rr.com rsmrcina at dsgroup.com Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2004 in Chattanooga, TN April 30-May 4, 2004 For details see http://www.wavv.org
