Cargo Cult sysadmining

[Joe Zeff]

On 08/06/2012 01:29 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote:
> On 06.08.2012 15:52, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>> Tim wrote:
>>> Just look at the feature list on the documentation, or websites, and the
>>> idiot admins will target them first.  And, if you have a desktop that
>>> still has normal menus, look through the system admin items for more
>>> ideas.
>> I can think of one item you missed from your list:
>>
>> Disable IPv6 (disabling it cures cancer!)
>
> OK, but what if I don't need it? You can say that it's harmless etc. But
> why the hell then, people recompile the kernel to disable other unused
> modules/features? Are they cargo cult sysadmins?
>
> Maybe it's not so bad idea to disable all unused pieces of software in
> your system?
>

IMAO, it all depends on why you're disabling it.  Are you doing it 
because you don't use it and don't ever expect to (Short-sighted, if you 
ask me, but it's your box, not mine.) or are you disabling it to avoid 
problems that it either doesn't cause or, at least, hasn't caused in a 
long time?