3.3.3 /etc/inittab - piobe

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Information

The piobe daemon is the I/O back end for the printing process, handling the job scheduling and spooling.

If there is not a requirement for the system to support either local or remote printing, remove the piobe entry.

Solution

In /etc/inittab, remove the piobe entry-

rmitab piobe

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/528