I don't know if I'm just searching incorrectly or if it doesn't exist. But can anyone point me or know of a link, which will tell me what ports or services I should have opened/closed or running? I understand it's not good to have services running or ports opened, which you don't use or need?

So please, if anyone knows of a URL that will explain this to me, please let me know.


Thank you

Well first, you gotta ask yourself what services do you want to run? Do you want nfs, ftp, apache? If not, shut them using kill or by running the appropriate scripts in /etc/init.d. Sorry, I don't know of a URL that will tell you which ports you need open and such because every linux machine serves a different purpose. You need to tailor your machine to your needs.

-twantrd

We'll I'm not running any servers, but is there a way of knowing which services has to stay running for the system. I had to re-install because, I'm pretty sure I disabled something I wasn't suppose to. I couldn't get back into the Desktop. So, what I really meant to say is. Is there a URL or anything that would explain or tell you what services have to run at all times, versus the obvious one I know aren't running?


Thank you

Do a 'ps' listing and look at all the processes that are running. Then google each process and understand what their intended purpose is (or just 'man' it). Once you know what a process does, you can kill it or leave it alone depending if you want it running or not.
You shouldn't really need to do this, this was overkill. If you disabled something, re-enable it again if you need it. Try CLI (command line interface) and get a feel for it. It will save you when you most need it and you can do things more efficiently. I use CLI 100% of the time.

-twantrd

twantrd,

thank you, seems like that is really going to be really the only way. It's probably better, so I'll learn more.

thanks

NEW2MDK

You can enable or disable services at your MCC (Mandrake Control Center, type mcc at the command line ), if you are using Mandy, of course, as your profile says. MCC has even a command line interface in the case you mess up the X-server.

Good luck!