On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 13:23, Hanan Z. Shargi wrote: > Hi All, > > Every once in a while somebody recommends that Services that aren't used > should be stopped ... > ever since I started using Linux, everytime I'm asked during the installation: > should I start these services at startup? ... I say YES :-) > > would someone please explicitly state WHICH services should run in a normal pc > (notebook here ) one that is connected to the internet through DSL and doing > usual games.., net browsing, text editing stuff ?? > > AND/OR refer us to a good document to read about services and what they do.
In Mandrake Control Center, under System -> Services, you see a listing of what services are run at bootup. This list is essentially the same as the files in /etc/rc5.d/, if your system boots into X, which Mandrake defaults to and probably most Mandrake users prefer. I run an IBM ThinkPad i1500, and here is my /etc/rc5.d listing: ./ S11internet@ S56rawdevices@ S77Win4Lin@ S95kheader@ ../ S12syslog@ S60cups@ S85gpm@ S99local@ S08ipvsadm@ S20random@ S70alsa@ S90crond@ S09pcmcia@ S26apmd@ S71sound@ S90xfs@ S10network@ S55ntpd@ S75keytable@ S95anacron@ (ignore the preceding numbers and following '@' symbols and just look at the service names). I also have DSL at home (through my home LAN), and I need network/LAN connectivity at my clients' offices, so I have a PCMCIA network card. I only use Samba client to connect to other computers, but I do not share anything on my own drive (as a "server"), so it is not listed here. I do not provide any server-type services like http, ftp, smtp, etc. Some people set up Sendmail or Postfix to run on their workstations so they can send email directly, but I have no need for this and it can be a security hole if you don't know how to configure it properly. Notice that I have Win4Lin. This allows me to run Windows 98SE as an application under Linux, for the few Windows applications which I still need to use. Win4Lin requires its own kernel-based service to work. Dave -- Beware the wrath of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup.
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