On 05/12/2020 12:34, home user wrote:
On 12/4/20 9:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> I've never heard of this. I'm not sure, but this seems like something I
don't use, at least not explicitly. Is this something that I can remove from the
system, or at least turn off (so it won't use CPU), Or is this "under the
hood" of things I do use?
>
> If you have no idea about it, you're not using it and probably never will.
>
> So, you can just....
>
> sudo systemctl --now disable libvirtd
>
> Without the "--now" you'd have to reboot for this to take effect.
hmmm... Samuel beat you to it. I'll very soon be shutting down for the night
anyway.
I was unaware of being in any competition.
I read the other reply and saw no mention of using the --now parameter. So, maybe there
was some
added value?
>>> You most likely don't need mdns (Multicast DNS) and can delete that
service. You *may* need dhcpv6-client
>>> to properly configure your IPv6 automatically when the system starts.
>>
>> How do I delete a service (mdns)?
>
> Along with "systemctl --now disable avahi-daemon" You should also remove
that service from the
> firewall.
>
> sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --remove-service=mdns
> sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Samuel beat you on this systemctl command too.
-bash.4[~]: firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --remove-service=mdns
success
-bash.5[~]: firewall-cmd --reload
success
-bash.6[~]:
Are there prizes for being the quickest to respond. :-) :-)
There are few lesser things mentioned by others who posted to this
thread. I hope to address those tomorrow.
I pretty much think this topic has been totally addressed and feel there really is no need
to go about
tilting at windmills.
:-)
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