Re: disabling unneeded services?
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 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.
> 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.
> 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.
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