BlueNoteWeb
06-03-2005, 06:38 AM
Disclaimer, to begin with - I did not personally set up this server.
I have a server that I'm leasing from a datacenter, they originally set it up with RedHat 9 and DirectAdmin. Since then I've had an outside technician upgrade the server to CentOS. I do a lot of things myself on the server, but I'm smart enough to know when it's time to call in the pros.
I was investigating some mysterious chkrootkit output this morning (turned out to be a false positive) and discovered an X11 directory on my server. I know that X11 is used for a desktop system (I have two of those here) but is there any reason why it would be installed on a server? Does DA need this for some reason? Maybe the datacenter just installed a generic version of RH9, or the tech who did the upgrade installed a generic version of CentOS?
Regardless, is it safe to un-install X, or is there a reason it needs to be on there? I'd like to keep unneeded software off of the server so there's less to worry about keeping upgraded.
I have a server that I'm leasing from a datacenter, they originally set it up with RedHat 9 and DirectAdmin. Since then I've had an outside technician upgrade the server to CentOS. I do a lot of things myself on the server, but I'm smart enough to know when it's time to call in the pros.
I was investigating some mysterious chkrootkit output this morning (turned out to be a false positive) and discovered an X11 directory on my server. I know that X11 is used for a desktop system (I have two of those here) but is there any reason why it would be installed on a server? Does DA need this for some reason? Maybe the datacenter just installed a generic version of RH9, or the tech who did the upgrade installed a generic version of CentOS?
Regardless, is it safe to un-install X, or is there a reason it needs to be on there? I'd like to keep unneeded software off of the server so there's less to worry about keeping upgraded.