Re: atd - can I remove it if I don't use at?
Yep, you can simply romove it or 'chmod 000' on it.This is the first thing I do
when configuring Linux box.
Artur
"Mo Zhen Guang (SLDT)" wrote:
> I read of an article about redhat linux security, here is excerption about
> atd
> --------------------
> This scheduling daemon schedules "jobs" for later execution. You
> could use at to tell atd to run "ps -ef > /root/jay " in two hours, just to
> find out what processes are running then. Unfortunately, there's been a rich
> history of security problems in the at / atd program pair. Fortunately, the
> same basic functionality can be found in crond , which is a wholly necessary
> daemon. Disable atd , and its associated program /usr/bin/at, by running:
> # chkconfig atd off
> # chmod 000 /usr/bin/at
> -----------------------
> I was wondering if I should do the same on Debian when I never use at
> command , or some other debian packages depend on atd for self maintenance
> so I have to keep it? (when I tried to remove at package with dselect, no
> dependency problem arise)
>
> Thank you
> Mo
>
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