Cleaning up the server's processes

orange400 · 05-26-2004, 05:46 PM

I run a RH9 text-only server, and with 233Mhz and 32MB RAM, it's always a good idea to run only what you need to make the server work. When RH9 starts, I see it loading PCMCIA, mail services, and all this stuff that I could be better without. How can I stop these services from running? I ran setup and configured it from there, but it doesn't list even 1/2 of the things that's loading.

Thanks all!

jspenguin · 05-26-2004, 08:06 PM

Method 1:
Log in remotely using ssh, run 'redhat-config-services'.

Method 2:
Look in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/
There should be several links to scripts that will run in runlevel 3 (console only mode).
The services that start with S## will be started and the ones that start with K## will be stopped. So, in order to stop PCMCIA from being loaded, for example, rename S24pcmcia to K24pcmcia.

orange400 · 05-26-2004, 08:18 PM

Wow, method two works great, thanks!

I can't do #1 cause it's a text only server

Thanks again!

orange400 · 05-26-2004, 08:58 PM

Hey there's some stuff like USB that's loading before runlevel 3 hits, how do I disable stuff previous to runlevel 3? I don't think this is kernel-level stuff cause it's in the Red hat [OK] bootup thing.

jspenguin · 05-26-2004, 09:13 PM

Most Everything before it says 'switching to runlevel 3' is in the script /etc/rc.sysinit. Just find the appropriate commands and comment them out.