[LBo] Removing unneeded processes (Re: QnA Digest, Vol 11, Issue 7)

netsecurity at sound-by-design.com netsecurity at sound-by-design.com
Tue Jul 10 15:56:03 CEST 2007


Per request the output of ps -Al with nothing running but a terminal:

F S   UID   PID  PPID  C PRI  NI ADDR SZ WCHAN  TTY          TIME CMD
4 S     0     1     0  0  76   0 -   391 -      ?        00:00:00 init
1 S     0     2     1  0  94  19 -     0 ksofti ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
5 S     0     3     1  0 -40   - -     0 -      ?        00:00:00 watchdog/0
1 S     0     4     1  0  70  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00 events/0
1 S     0     5     1  0  70  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00 khelper
1 S     0     6     1  0  71  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00 kthread
1 S     0     8     6  0  70  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00 kblockd/0
1 S     0    25     6  0  70  -5 -     0 hub_th ?        00:00:00 khubd
1 S     0    91     6  0  80   0 -     0 pdflus ?        00:00:00 pdflush
1 S     0    92     6  0  75   0 -     0 pdflus ?        00:00:00 pdflush
1 S     0    94     6  0  77  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00 aio/0
1 S     0    93     1  0  85   0 -     0 kswapd ?        00:00:00 kswapd0
1 S     0    95     1  0  85   0 -     0 jfsIOW ?        00:00:00 jfsIO
1 S     0    96     1  0  85   0 -     0 jfs_la ?        00:00:00 jfsCommit
1 S     0    97     1  0  85   0 -     0 jfs_sy ?        00:00:00 jfsSync
1 S     0   687     6  0  70  -5 -     0 serio_ ?        00:00:00 kseriod
1 S     0   809     6  0  71  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00 ata/0
1 S     0   810     6  0  71  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00
ata_hotplug/0
1 S     0   828     1  0  76   0 -     0 -      ?        00:00:00 khpsbpkt
1 S     0   838     1  0  75   0 -     0 kjourn ?        00:00:00 kjournald
5 S     0  1374     1  0  76  -4 -   615 -      ?        00:00:01 udevd
1 S     0  2202     1  0  80   0 -     0 -      ?        00:00:00
shpchpd_event
1 S     0  2258     6  0  71  -5 -     0 gamepo ?        00:00:00 kgameportd
1 S   116  2686     1  0  73  -2 -   582 -      ?        00:00:00 dhclient3
1 S     0  3105     6  0  71  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00 wrap_wq
1 S     0  3106     6  0  72  -5 -     0 worker ?        00:00:00 ndis_wq
1 S     0  3215     1  0  79   0 -     0 kjourn ?        00:00:00 kjournald
5 S   109  3372     1  0  76   0 -   441 -      tty5     00:00:00 syslogd
4 S     0  3399     1  0  76   0 -   416 syslog ?        00:00:00 dd
1 S   103  3401     1  0  80   0 -   613 pipe_w ?        00:00:00 klogd
5 S   104  3429     1  0  78   0 -   547 -      ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
5 S   108  3461     1  0  75   0 -  1695 -      ?        00:00:05 hald
0 S     0  3462  3461  0  76   0 -   678 -      ?        00:00:00 hald-runner
4 S   108  3532  3462  0  75   0 -   499 evdev_ ?        00:00:00
hald-addon-key
4 S   108  3553  3462  0  77   0 -   500 -      ?        00:00:00
hald-addon-sto
4 S   108  3554  3462  0  77   0 -   501 -      ?        00:00:00
hald-addon-sto
1 S     0  3570     1  0  75   0 -   481 -      ?        00:00:00 dhcdbd
5 S     0  3590     1  0  75   0 -   980 -      ?        00:00:00
NetworkManager
1 S     0  3597     1  0  81   0 -   700 -      ?        00:00:00
NetworkManager
5 S     0  3641     1  0  78   0 -  1494 -      ?        00:00:00 hpiod
1 S   105  3678     1  0  76   0 -  2316 -      ?        00:00:00 python
5 S     7  3724     1  0  76   0 -  1049 -      ?        00:00:00 cupsd
5 S     0  3755     1  0  83   0 -   399 -      ?        00:00:00 inetd
5 S     0  3786     1  0  76   0 -  1442 -      ?        00:00:00 nmbd
5 S     0  3800     1  0  78   0 -  2139 -      ?        00:00:00 smbd
1 S     0  3813  3800  0  78   0 -  2139 pause  ?        00:00:00 smbd
1 S     0  3836     1  0  76   0 -   406 -      ?        00:00:00 mdadm
5 S     0  3854     1  0  75   0 -  1073 -      ?        00:00:00 powersaved
1 S     0  3886     1  0  76   0 -   528 -      ?        00:00:00 cron
5 S     0  3906     1  0  76   0 -   683 -      ?        00:00:00 kdm
4 S     0  3910  3906  6  65 -10 -  8809 -      tty7     00:00:39 Xorg
5 S     0  3922  3906  0  76   0 -   916 wait   ?        00:00:00 kdm
0 S     0  4013     1  0  76   0 -   390 -      tty1     00:00:00 getty
0 S     0  4014     1  0  77   0 -   390 -      tty2     00:00:00 getty
0 S     0  4015     1  0  76   0 -   390 -      tty3     00:00:00 getty
0 S     0  4016     1  0  76   0 -   389 -      tty4     00:00:00 getty
4 S     0  4017     1  0  76   0 -   389 -      ?        00:00:00 getty
0 S     0  4026     1  0  76   0 -   390 -      tty6     00:00:00 getty
4 S     0  4035  3922  0  80   0 -   694 wait   ?        00:00:00 startkde
1 S     0  4132  4035  0  76   0 -  1082 -      ?        00:00:00 ssh-agent
1 S     0  4133  4035  0  76   0 -  1083 -      ?        00:00:00 ssh-agent
1 S     0  4136     1  0  76   0 -   676 -      ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch
1 S     0  4137     1  0  84   0 -   518 -      ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
1 S     0  4165     1  0  76   0 -  5935 -      ?        00:00:00 kdeinit
1 S     0  4168     1  0  76   0 -  5894 -      ?        00:00:00 dcopserver
1 S     0  4170  4165  0  76   0 -  6162 -      ?        00:00:00 klauncher
1 S     0  4172     1  8  75   0 -  7900 -      ?        00:00:35 kded
0 S     0  4174     1  0  75   0 -   683 -      ?        00:00:00 gam_server
0 S     0  4179  4035  0  76   0 -   386 -      ?        00:00:00 kwrapper
1 S     0  4181     1  0  75   0 -  6130 -      ?        00:00:00 ksmserver
1 S     0  4182  4165  0  75   0 -  6798 -      ?        00:00:03 kwin
1 S     0  4184     1  5  75   0 -  8245 -      ?        00:00:24 kdesktop
1 S     0  4186     1  3  75   0 -  7757 -      ?        00:00:13 kicker
1 S     0  4187  4165  0  76   0 -  6001 -      ?        00:00:00 kio_file
4 S     0  4196  4165  1   9   - -  3347 -      ?        00:00:04 artsd
1 S     0  4198     1  0  75   0 -  6152 -      ?        00:00:00 kaccess
1 S     0  4207     1  0  76   0 -  7087 -      ?        00:00:01 kmix
0 S     0  4209  4165  0  76   0 -  6508 -      ?        00:00:02 kwikdisk
1 S     0  4212  4165  2  76   0 -  9826 -      ?        00:00:10 konqueror
1 S     0  4221     1  0  76   0 -  6366 -      ?        00:00:00 klipper
1 S     0  4243     1  0  75   0 -  7806 -      ?        00:00:01 knotify
1 S     0  4259  4165  0  76   0 - 10563 -      ?        00:00:00 kio_http
1 S     0  4319  4165  0  76   0 - 10563 -      ?        00:00:00 kio_http
1 S     0  4328  4165  0  76   0 - 10563 -      ?        00:00:00 kio_http
1 S     0  4339  4165  0  76   0 - 10563 -      ?        00:00:00 kio_http
5 S     0  5445  4165  8  76   0 -  7259 -      ?        00:00:01 konsole
4 S     0  5461  5445 10  76   0 -  1342 wait   pts/1    00:00:01 bash
0 R     0  5533  5461  0  78   0 -   542 -      pts/1    00:00:00 ps


The goal is to remove processes so that the K6 - 2+/500 uses its power to
run only those things that middle school kids might need for school work
and some games, etc. However, since the machinews will one day be hooked
to a DSL line, leave those that are needed for that such as DHCP, the
firewall, ClamAV, etc.

The hard drives on these machines are 20 G so extra space consumed by
excessive programs should not be a real problem.

Thanks,

Allen



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