I was recently asked if it was OK to not run the snmpd process. The answer is yes. If you are not using an SNMP manager to monitor the availability of the system there is no reason to run the snmpd process. The >system>start_stcp.cm will automatically start the process. You can stop this by placing a comment character before the start_process command in the start_stcp.cm; changing the line
from:
start_process -output_path (master_disk)>system>stcp>logs>snmpd.out '(master_dis
+k)>system>stcp>command_library>snmpd' -privileged -process_name snmpd& start_process -output_path (master_disk)>system>stcp>logs>snmpd.out '(master_d
to:
+isk)>system>stcp>command_library>snmpd' -privileged -process_name snmpd
The start_stcp.cm also starts the ftpd process. If you are not using the module as an FTP server you can stop ftpd from starting by changing the line
from:
start_process -output_path (master_disk)>system>stcp>logs>ftpd.out '(master_disk
+)>system>stcp>command_library>ftpd' -privileged -process_name ftpd & start_process -output_path (master_disk)>system>stcp>logs>ftpd.out '(master_di
to:
+sk)>system>stcp>command_library>ftpd' -privileged -process_name ftpd
The stcp_inetd process is another process that may be running when it doesn’t need to. By default stcp_inetd will listen for connections to the so-called tiny services as well as tftpd, bootpd and swat. If you have a NIO attached to the module to handle X25 traffic you will need to run stcp_inetd to handle time (one of the tiny services) and tftpd requests. If you have a Samba service running on the module you may want to keep stcp_inetd running to handle connections to the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT). If neither of those scenarios applies there is probably no reason to be running the stcp_inetd process. The process is started in the start_inetd.cm command macro, but that macro is called from the start_stcp.cm macro. To stop stcp_inetd from being started when the system boots change the line in start_stcp.cm
from:
(master_disk)>system>stcp>start_inetd
to:
& (master_disk)>system>stcp>start_inetd
The other process that is started by default in the start_stcp.cm is telnetd. The VOS RSN requires telnetd to be running so you should not stop it or prevent it from running but take a look at http://community.stratus.com/blog/openvos/telnet-cant-live-with-it-cant-live-without-it for ways to increase the security of telnetd)