this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead
Cleaning up unneeded services on redhat RHEL 3,4,5,6,7...
On RHEL3,
service apmd stop
service autofs stop
service cups stop
chkconfig apmd off
chkconfig autofs off
chkconfig cups off
On RHEL4,
service apmd stop
service autofs stop
service cups stop
service acpid stop
service bluetooth stop
service haldaemon stop
service hidd stop
service pcmcia stop
#service iptables stop
chkconfig apmd off
chkconfig autofs off
chkconfig cups off
chkconfig acpid off
chkconfig bluetooth off
chkconfig haldaemon off
chkconfig hidd off
chkconfig pcmcia off
#chkconfig iptables off
On RHEL5,
#service acpid stop
service atd stop
service auditd stop
service autofs stop
service avahi-daemon stop
service bluetooth stop
service cups stop
service firstboot stop
#service haldaemon stop
service hidd stop
service iscsi stop
service pcscd stop
#service yum-updatesd stop
#service iptables stop
#service ip6tables stop
#chkconfig acpid off
chkconfig atd off
chkconfig auditd off
chkconfig autofs off
chkconfig avahi-daemon off
chkconfig bluetooth off
chkconfig cups off
chkconfig firstboot off
#chkconfig haldaemon off
chkconfig hidd off
chkconfig iscsi off
chkconfig pcscd off
#chkconfig yum-updatesd off
#chkconfig iptables off
#chkconfig ip6tables off
Note. iscsi is part of rhel5 since some update, it wasn't there in the 5.0 release.
Note. if using serial console or anything making GPM useless,
#service gpm stop
#chkconfig gpm off
Note. also check ntpd,
chkconfig --list | grep ntp
Note. also check iscsi,
chkconfig --list | grep iscsi
Note. for a XEN dom0,
#chkconfig microcode_ctl off
Note. for a XEN domU,
#chkconfig microcode_ctl off
#service gpm stop
#chkconfig gpm off
Note. for Compaq Smart Array (cciss),
#chkconfig smartd off