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Page 2 of 2 * ConsoleKit The ConsoleKit maintains a list of sessions and therefore is useful if you use Fast User Switching. If you use gdm and Gnome leave this enabled. * NetworkManager, NetworkManagerDispathcer
NetworkManager provides automatic network detection and configuration for the system. It is useful for modern laptops, where the user may move between wireless networks, and plug in to a variety of wired networks. Unless you are such a user disable it.
* anacron
Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the machine is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that aren't running 24 hours a day, to control daily, weekly, and monthly jobs that are usually controlled by cron. Leave it enabled.
* atd atd runs jobs queued for later execution. * auditd auditd starts the Linux Auditing System Daemon. Leave it enabled especially if you are using SELinux. * autofs If you use removable disks such as usb sticks and usb hard drives leave this enabled to allow them be automounted. * avahi-daemon Unless you use ZeroConf stuff disable this. * bluetooth Unless you use bluetooth devices disable this. * capi Unless you have ISDN hardware disable this. * cpuspeed If your cpu allows throttling leave this enabled. * crond Scheduled tasks similar to anacron. Leave this enabled. * cups This controls Common UNIX Printing System. If you have a printer leave this enabled. * dund This is a Bluetooth Dial-Up-Networking Daemon. Unless you use one of that disable it. * firstboot Well, you have done your first boot, haven't you? So disable it. * gpm Mouse support in terminal. Unless you use it disable it. * haldaemon Daemon for collecting and maintaing information about hardware. It should be enabled. * httpd Unless you run an apache HTTP web server, disable this. * ip6tables IPv6 firewall. Unless you run using IPv6 (most users don't) disable this. * iptables This is the Linux Firewall. If you are contected to a Network/Internet leave this enabled. * irda This controls infrared adaptors. Unless you have one disable it. * irqbalance If you have a multi-core cpu, such as Core2Duo or AMD X2 leave this enabled. * isdn Unless you have ISDN hardware disable it. * kudzu This checks for new hardware pluged into your computer. Unless you change your hardware set it disabled. * lisa It provides something like a "network neighbourhood", but only relying on the TCP/IP protocol stack. If you use Samba or NFS set this disabled. * lm_sensors Monitors motherboard sensor values. Leave it enabled. * mdmonitor If you use software RAID or LVM leave it enabled. * messagebus System messenger that communicates with dbus. Leave it enabled. * nasd Network Audio System Deamon. Leave it enabled. * netconsole Initializes network console logging. Leave it disabled. * netfs Mounts and unmounts network filesystems such as NFS and Samba automatically. Unless you use Shared Files set it disabled. * netplugd netplugd is a daemon for managing non-static network interfaces. Leave it disabled. * network
It controles ethernet and wireless network devices. Leave it enabled unless you are not using any of these cards.
* nfs, nfslock Unless you have a Linux-Linux LAN disable those. * nscd
It handles passwd and group lookups for running programs. You should start this daemon if you use slow naming services like NIS, NIS+, LDAP, or hesiod. In any other case leave it disabled.
* ntpd
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer to reference time source. Leave this enabled unless you have a dual boot system in which Windows controls system time.
* nvidia
This script will check if a nvidia kernel module is present for the running kernel and modify the xorg.conf to the appropriate configuration. If you have an nVidia card this should be enabled.
* pand Bluetooth Personal Area Networking Daemon. Provides network services over Bluetooth. Unless you use such services disable it. * pcscd Resource manager for the PC/SC lite and Musclecard frameworks. Unless you use such cards disable it. * rdisc This discovers routers on the local subnet. Disable it. * readahead_early, readahead_later Loads into memory programs before they are needed. Leave it enabled if you want applications to start faster. * restorecond
restorecond uses inotify to look for creation of new files listed in the /etc/selinux/restorecond.conf file, and restores the correct security context. If you use SELinux leave it enabled.
* rpcbind, rpcgssd, rpcidmapd, rpcsvcgssd Unless you use NFS v4 set those services disabled. * rsyslog It logs system messages. Leave it enabled. * saslauthd Handles plaintext authentication requests on behalf of the cyrus-sasl library. If you don't need something like that set it disabled. * sendmail Unless you want to run a Mail Server set it disabled. * setroubleshoot This starts the SELinux Troubleshooting Daemon. If you use SELinux leave it enabled. * smartd
Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART) Daemon. It is recommended this to be enabled but it won't harm you if you disable it.
* smolt It enables monthly update of Smolt. If you are willing to help Fedora with your system statiscs leave it enabled. Otherwise disable this. * sshd SSH Server. It allows users to remotely log into your computer. Unless you need this set it disabled. * wpa_supplicant
This is a wap supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). If you have a wireless card leave this enabled. Otherwise disable it.
* ypbind
This is a daemon which runs on NIS/YP clients and binds them to a NIS domain. It must be running for systems based on glibc to work as NIS clients. If you are not using NIS disable it.
* yum-updatesd
This daemon periodically checks for updates. If you want to be notified for new updates leave it enabled. However many times that you try to use yum you may get an error about another pid running because of that service.
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stefan
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Subscribe to this comment's feed| Well NTP would be nice. Then atleast you machine will be on time. And no sshd, man what do you use telnet? And gpm would be nice to. Well when you use putty, than you can past with your right mouce button. | |
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| As far as I have read ntpd should be disabled if you are using a dual boot system with windows. My bad I haven't written that. As far as for sshd I write Disabled (Unless Needed) which means that if you don't know what sshd is you'd better turn it off. | |
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