Hi, When I install a CentOS server/desktop/workstation, I usually start from scratch with a barebone minimal installation, then add packages as needed. Some machines (like dedicated servers in a datacenter) come preconfigured by the hosting company, so I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to start stripping that stuff first. Here's a little script I wrote, which essentially strips down any CentOS-7 installation to a minimal core system: https://github.com/kikinovak/centos/blob/master/7.x/scripts/00-elaguer-paquets.sh The script parses the 'minimal' package list and then just removes everything that's not on the list. Now I tried running that on an existing CentOS-7 "Web Server" installation. I ran it, rebooted... and I got dropped to a console that suggested to run journalctl. Uh oh. I'm currently catching up with systemd and its specificities, working through a bunch of online tutorials. But here's what I figured out so far. Before stripping down my system, I have to reduce services to a minimum. (On a Slackware system, which is what I'm using most of the time, that's where I would disable pretty much all services besides rc.syslog and rc.sshd.) Now what would be the simple systemd equivalent of doing that? E. g. on any CentOS installation (be it graphical, "Web Server", "File Server", whatever), strip down services to the status that they're at just after installing a "Minimal Install"? Cheers from the sunny South of France, Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Web : http://www.microlinux.fr Mail : info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos