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Tarun
Asked: 2014-01-31 03:34:33 +0800 CST

Find and disable unnecessary services in Ubuntu 12.04

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I have been presented with a server running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server edition.

This machine was in use earlier for a web application and also has many other applications configured in it. Now, I want to remove all the un necessary applications from it like apache2 etc. and do a fresh start for installation of the new application.

Now, the problem is how can I determine what applications i.e. packages are installed in it, and how can I disable/uninstall and optimize this server.

After uninstalling the packages I want to optimize it to disable Packages for Securing it much like point number 3 in the link here.

But it's not for Ubuntu.

12.04

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  1. Best Answer

    I use rcconf to disable some (not all) services:

    sudo apt-get install rcconf
sudo rcconf

    For other services (depending if they use init or upstart) I use bum (Boot Up Manager):

    sudo apt-get install bum
gksu  bum

    Note that this second one requires a GUI. If someone can point out a terminal equivalent it'll help you. You can also use the service command to start, stop, restart or configure daemons (services):

    sudo service <nameoftheservice> <options>
man service # To get a manual about how to use it.
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