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Disabling unneeded services is a wise practice. As a result, fewer ports are available for exploitation in case of unwanted services running on the server of the nonessential service.<\/p>\n

Install the systemd package:<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install systemd<\/em><\/p>\n

See which non essential services are running:<\/p>\n

systemctl list-units<\/em><\/p>\n

Recognize which services may expose your system to potential risks. Each service has its own price.<\/p>\n

Stop the service if it’s currently running:<\/p>\n

systemctl stop <service><\/em><\/p>\n

Disable the service from starting on boot:<\/p>\n

systemctl disable <service><\/em><\/p>\n

After running these commands, check the status of the non-essential services:<\/p>\n

systemctl status <service><\/em><\/p>\n

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