Disable Unwanted Services
by Geethalakshmi[ Edit ] 2009-12-15 19:51:23
Disable Unwanted Services
Disable all unnecessary services and daemons (services that runs in the background).
You need to remove all unwanted services from the system start-up.
Type the following command to list all services which are started at boot time in run level # 3:
# chkconfig --list | grep '3:on'
To disable service, enter:
# service serviceName stop
# chkconfig serviceName off
