Hi BOSUG, I just did an "svcs -a | grep online | wc -l " and it gave me 79 online services!
This machine is a laptop; I guess quite a few of them should be safe to shut down. I would not have use for them anyways. Also, i a few CDE-related services. I guess they should be shut down as well. ( I am not a CDE user at all ) I have attached the output of svcs -a | grep online for my system ( SXDE 1/08 ; b79b amd64 ) Could someone please guide me on this? Best, Manish -------------- next part -------------- online 21:35:52 svc:/system/svc/restarter:default online 21:35:53 svc:/network/tnctl:default online 21:35:53 svc:/network/loopback:default online 21:35:53 svc:/system/installupdates:default online 21:35:54 svc:/milestone/name-services:default online 21:35:54 svc:/system/filesystem/root:default online 21:35:54 svc:/system/scheduler:default online 21:35:54 svc:/system/identity:node online 21:35:55 svc:/system/boot-archive:default online 21:35:56 svc:/system/filesystem/usr:default online 21:35:56 svc:/system/keymap:default online 21:35:58 svc:/system/device/local:default online 21:35:58 svc:/system/filesystem/minimal:default online 21:35:59 svc:/system/resource-mgmt:default online 21:35:59 svc:/system/identity:domain online 21:35:59 svc:/system/rmtmpfiles:default online 21:35:59 svc:/system/coreadm:default online 21:35:59 svc:/system/cryptosvc:default online 21:36:00 svc:/network/ipsec/ipsecalgs:default online 21:36:00 svc:/network/ipsec/policy:default online 21:36:00 svc:/milestone/network:default online 21:36:00 svc:/system/sysevent:default online 21:36:00 svc:/system/device/fc-fabric:default online 21:36:01 svc:/milestone/devices:default online 21:36:01 svc:/system/power:default online 21:36:01 svc:/network/initial:default online 21:36:01 svc:/system/picl:default online 21:36:01 svc:/network/service:default online 21:36:02 svc:/application/print/ppd-cache-update:default online 21:36:02 svc:/system/manifest-import:default online 21:36:02 svc:/milestone/single-user:default online 21:36:04 svc:/system/filesystem/local:default online 21:36:05 svc:/system/cron:default online 21:36:05 svc:/system/boot-archive-update:default online 21:36:05 svc:/system/sysidtool:net online 21:36:05 svc:/application/opengl/ogl-select:default online 21:36:06 svc:/network/shares/group:zfs online 21:36:06 svc:/network/shares/group:default online 21:36:09 svc:/system/dbus:default online 21:36:10 svc:/network/samba:default online 21:36:10 svc:/system/avahi-bridge-dsd:default online 21:36:12 svc:/network/routing-setup:default online 21:36:12 svc:/network/rpc/bind:default online 21:36:12 svc:/network/routing/ndp:default online 21:36:12 svc:/system/sysidtool:system online 21:36:12 svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default online 21:36:12 svc:/system/postrun:default online 21:36:12 svc:/platform/i86pc/kdmconfig:default online 21:36:12 svc:/milestone/sysconfig:default online 21:36:13 svc:/network/routing/route:default online 21:36:13 svc:/system/sac:default online 21:36:13 svc:/system/utmp:default online 21:36:13 svc:/system/console-login:default online 21:36:13 svc:/application/font/fc-cache:default online 21:36:13 svc:/system/dumpadm:default online 21:36:13 svc:/network/inetd:default online 21:36:13 svc:/application/management/wbem:default online 21:36:14 svc:/system/hal:default online 21:36:14 svc:/system/system-log:default online 21:36:14 svc:/network/smtp:sendmail online 21:36:14 svc:/network/ssh:default online 21:36:14 svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr:default online 21:36:14 svc:/network/rpc/gss:default online 21:36:14 svc:/network/rpc/smserver:default online 21:36:14 svc:/network/rpc/cde-calendar-manager:default online 21:36:14 svc:/network/rpc/cde-ttdbserver:tcp online 21:36:14 svc:/network/security/ktkt_warn:default online 21:36:14 svc:/network/rpc-100235_1/rpc_ticotsord:default online 21:36:15 svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm:default online 21:36:15 svc:/system/fmd:default online 21:36:15 svc:/milestone/multi-user:default online 21:36:15 svc:/system/intrd:default online 21:36:16 svc:/milestone/multi-user-server:default online 21:36:16 svc:/system/zones:default online 21:36:17 svc:/system/basicreg:default online 21:36:21 svc:/application/cde-printinfo:default online 21:36:44 svc:/system/webconsole:console online 21:42:37 svc:/network/physical:nwam online 21:42:38 svc:/network/wpa:wpi0 online 21:42:45 svc:/system/name-service-cache:default