Hi, >From a security point of view, and a general systems best practices standpoint as well, you only want to install the specific things you need, and nothing more. If you unselect something that is a dependency, the installer typically will add it back as needed.
The first question is: what role do you want your server to take? Is it just a Web server? A print server? A "Windows" file server? For any of those, or FTP, e-mail, etc. you only need Server Base from the list you presented. GNOME and X Windows should never be installed on servers, period. Intel, VM or otherwise. --- Mark Boltz, CISSP Sr. Solutions Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stonesoft.com Toll Free: 1.866.869.4075 Cell: 1.571.218.2481 Fax: 1.703.288.4811 8133 Leesburg Pike, Suite 610 Vienna, VA 22182-2730 USA Subscribe to a Webletter on Trends in Network Security at http://www.stonesoft.com/network_security/ Marian Gasparovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Sent by: Linux on [email protected] 390 Port cc <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> Subject Re: SLES10 minimal installation 01/03/2007 02:37 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> Bernard, it depends on what you need. Of course you need Server Base and probably 32bit Runtime Environment. I see no reason to install GNOME and X Window on server. If your server acts as print server then Print server option is obvious. I leave APPArmour to others to comment. Even if you install only Server base and 32bit, there are many packages you can remove safely later. Unfortunately a lot of useless packages have to stay because of complicated dependencies. Marian Gasparovic IBM Slovakia --- Bernard Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List, > The default software selection for SLES10 installs > the following: > > - GNOME Desktop Environment for Server > - Server Base System > - 32bit Runtime Environment > - X Window System > - Novell APPArmour > - Print Server > > Do we need Novell AppArmour, X Window System, Print > Server , the 32bit > Runtime Environment and the GNOME Desktop > Environment ? > > I was hoping to install something akin to the SLES9 > minimal install. > > > Bernie Wu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message is > intended only for > the personal and confidential use of the > recipient(s) named above. This > message may be an attorney-client communication > and/or work product and > as such is privileged and confidential. If the > reader of this message > is not the intended recipient or an agent > responsible for delivering it > to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that you have > received this document in error and that any review, > dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this message is strictly > prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please > notify us immediately > by e-mail, and delete the original message. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
