On Mon, Feb 16 2015,Brian wrote: > On Mon 16 Feb 2015 at 20:39:41 +0530, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > >> As I had earlier posted, I have recently upgraded to Jessie. During >> bootup I see lots of stuff being started like Exim, ldap etc. I'd >> like to disable lots of these stuff if it doesn't interfere with KDE >> the environment that I currently use(I used a KDE live CD install). > > The condition you make implies a willingness to investigate what each of > these services does and how its removal (or disablement) impacts *your* > use of the system. Only then can you make an informed decision. >
I'd hate to sound rude but I've got no idea where to begin. Is it the rc.* files that I need to look at? IF so, there are 250+ entries in it with names that barely give a hint what it's all about. >> I have no idea what services KDE uses,what's important and what >> isn't necessary. The debian security handbook is a bit tough going >> for me. > > Asking about a *particular* service may be a more fruitful avenue of > approach. Again, this is slightly difficult for me to explain. Take for example, exim which I believe is a MTA. Do I need it? I don't think so but is it needed for the emails that I send through Emacs? Emacs that I use to connect to the smtp.gmail.com site through ssl via gnus MUA? Ditto Ldap. Why do I need it all? But are there any KDE tools like contacts/PIM that need it and will mysteriously crash if LDAP is nuked? > >> Are there any tools that guide me through disabling/enabling various >> services? > > If you don't want to use a service > > apt-get purge <package> > > works wonders. Does that mean all packages comes with a service? > >> And where do I start reading to make my booting faster and make my >> system a wee bit more secure? > > systemctl > > and > > systemd-analyze blame > > plus the manual pages should get you started. > > sivaram -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/874mqlq0mk....@gmail.com
