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Disable Unused Services on Ubuntu VPS

Category: Security

Stop unused services—a security cleanup—on an Ubuntu VPS—list:
systemctl list-units --type=service
disable:
systemctl disable bluetooth
On DigitalOcean test with
systemctl is-active bluetooth
—expect inactive Secures hosting—reduces attack surface

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