daemons

NFS was not designed with security in mind, and has a number of weaknesses, both in terms of the protocol itself and because any NFS installation must expose several daemons, running on both servers and clients, to network attack. I use my Debian / Ubuntu Linux based server only to server web pages and nothing else. How do I disable NFS services under Debian or Ubuntu Linux?

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Linux Disable / Remove All NFS Services

by Vivek Gite on August 16, 2009 · 7 comments

NFS was not designed with security in mind, and has a number of weaknesses, both in terms of the protocol itself and because any NFS installation must expose several daemons, running on both servers and clients, to network attack. I use my CentOS based server only to server web pages and nothing else. How do I disable NFS services under RHEL / CentOS / Fedora Linux?

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How do I configure an NTP (Network Time Protocol) client or server under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux to manage the system clock over a network?

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How to: Run a shell script with nohup command

by Vivek Gite on October 16, 2007 · 0 comments

Q. I’d like to run a command or shell script immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty or file. How do I use nohup command to run script called ~/utils/backup upload? A. nohup is a Unix command that is used to run another command while suppressing the action of the HUP (hangup) signal, enabling [...]

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