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What is the easiest way to kill services That I don't need  I keep
getting different stories from those I talk to and am curious

TIA

edit /etc/inetd.conf and put a '#' in the front of all the services you
want to disable (Put it in front of all lines is no problem.)

killall -HUP inetd

Then netstat -an to see what you've still got open and to whom it's
open.

Dan
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Guessing you are on Redhat Mandrake.

Use     linuxconf     and look under Control Service Activity
click on the service, click stop and the enable button

Also comment out what you do not want in
        /etc/inetd.conf

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After you have made the changes in inetd.conf you need to send a HUP
signal to inetd to tell it to re-read its configuration file. So use "ps
aux | grep inetd" which will display inetd's process id (PID) and then
run "kill -HUP <PID>".

If you are killing services for security reasons, dont forget to run
netstat -a to see what network services are left running on your machine
after the clean up.

Adam

4 places services typically start from:

1.  sys v init scripts - look for /etc/rc.d/init.d/rcx.d where the x is
the runlevel you're using.  Delete or move stuff you don't need.  Read
up on sys V init first.  Deleting the wrong thing or moving stuff around
can make your system unbootable or crash mysteriously.

2.  /etc/rc.d/rc.local - typically only those things you added, so you
should know what's there.

3.  /etc/inittab - persistent things like gettys.  But also hylafax
gettys, which can introduce their own back doors into your system.

4.  /etc/inetd.conf - look in the other messages.

Don't use linuxconf or any other scripts unless you know EXACTLY what
they're modifying.  In fact, remove teh linuxconf service from
inetd.conf....

Don't forget taht services can also start from all sorts of other
scripts (ip-up comes to mind.)

--Yan

Since it looks like you are on Mandrake, you can use  linuxconf
to control your services. If you kill linuxconf you better
know how to turn it back on if you kill one service too many.

You can edit
/etc/inetd.conf   and disable any other services you do not use.

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If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a,  man every_command_here, before doing anything or running a script.