| amd |
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Runs the automount daemon for remote filesystem mounting such as nfs. |
| apmd |
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Monitors battery status and can shut down the system if power is low. |
| arpwatch |
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Keeps track of ethernet IP address parings what are resolved using the ARP protocol. This allows system administrators to note new IP addresses being used. It maintains a database in /var/arpwatch/arp.dat. |
| atd |
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Runs commands scheduled by the "at" program at their scheduled times. Jobs are stored in /var/spool/at |
| autofs |
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Also called the automount daemon, it is used to automatically mount filesystems on demand. It is especially worthwhile for working with removeable media such as floppies or CD ROM disks. |
| bootparamd |
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Allows remote computers to boot from a Linux box using the BOOTP network protocol. This allows the remote computer to get its IP address if the server knows the hardware address of the remote machine. The DHCP protocol is an upgrade to this protocol since it is more automated. |
| crond |
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A daeman that executes scheduled commands according to the /etc/crontab file. It can be used to clean up temporary files in /tmp and /var/tmp and other places. |
| dhcpd |
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Provides DHCP services to "lease" out IP addresses to remote machines. |
| firewall |
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| gated |
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Provides routing services for BGP and other protocols. Alternative to routed. Supports IGP (Interior gateway protocol) and EGP (Exterior Gateway Protocol). |
| gpm |
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Provides mouse support to Linux. |
| httpd |
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The Apache hypertext transfer protocol Web server. |
| identd |
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Server implementing the TCP/IP proposed standard IDENT user identification protocol in RFC 1413. It returns user information to a remote host that a user is requesting a service from. Also called auth. |
| inet |
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The internet super daemon (inetd) that provides all the services specified in /etc/inetd.conf. |
| innd |
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The Usenet news server |
| isdn |
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Provides ISDN (networking interface) services. See the isdnctrl man page for more information. The isdnctrl program is used to set up isdn interfaces. Pertinent files are /etc/sysconfig/activeisdn, /dev/isnnctrl, /etc/sysconfig/provider, and /var/log/isdn.log. |
| keytable |
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Loads the appropriate keyboard map from /etc/sysconfig/keyboard. This does not set up a daemon program to reside in the background, but just loads the keyboard keytable and the system font. |
| kudzu |
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Detects and configures new or changed hardware on a system. This program is run once when the system boots and does not run as a daemon in the background. |
| ldap |
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Lightweight directory access protocol package which provides client/server based directory database services which runs on UNIX platforms over TCP/IP. RFC is 1777. |
| linuxconf |
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According to Redhat it is a post startup hook for linuxconf. It does not run as a daemon. |
| lpd |
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Provides printing services to Linux. It is a print spooler daemon. |
| mars-nwe |
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Loads the MARS Netware compatible file and print server daemon called nwserv. Allows a Linux machine to be used as a file and printserver for netware based clients using IPX/SPX. |
| mcserv |
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Allows users on remote machines to use the midcommander file manager to work with files. It uses the PAM library for authentication. |
| named |
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Provides DNS services. It is a name server used to translate local IP addresses to names and vice-versa. |
| netfs |
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Mounts and unmounts Network Fils System (NFS), Windows (SMB), and Netware (NCP) file systems. The mount command is used to perform this operation and no daemon is run in the background. |
| network |
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Brings up all the network interfaces under the directory /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. Also controls IP_forwarding and IP_defrag. |
| nfs |
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Provides Network File System server services |
| nfslock |
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NFS file locking service. Starts the daemons rpc.locked and rpc.statd. The rpc.statd daemon implements the Network Status Monitor (NSM) RPC protocol which is a reboot notification service used to implement file lock recovery when an NFS server crashes and reboots. |
| nscd |
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The name switch cache daemon. which handles password and group lookups for running programs and caches the information for the next query. Normally this daemon is used to support NIS. |
| pcmcia |
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Provides access to PCMCIA (PC Cards) services configured in the /etc/exports file. |
| portmap |
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Provides Remote Procedure Call (RPC) support for other protocols like NFS. |
| postgresql |
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Runs the postgres database and provides SQL services. It runs the daemon postmaster. |
| pulse |
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Heartbeat daemon for monitoring the health of lvs (Redhat clustering services) cluster nodes. This tool is used for clustering machines. |
| pxe |
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A preboot execution environment (PXE) server. Allows network boot of other PXE machines. PXE is a standard developed by Intel for a means of booting various operating systems on remote machines. |
| random |
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Saves and restores a random value used to generate better random numbers for security. No daemon program is invoked for this operation. |
| routed |
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Provides for automatic router table updates using the RIP dynamic routing information protocol. |
| rstatd |
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The rstat protocol allows users on a network to get performance information for any machine on the network. Runs the rpc.rstatd daemon which provides performance statistics retrieved from the kernel usually by using the "rup" command. |
| rusersd |
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Provides services that allow users to find one another over the network. |
| rwalld |
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Provides users with an ability to use the rwall command to write messages on remote terminals. |
| rwhod |
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The rwho protocol lets remote users get a list of all users logged onto a machine by running the rwho daemon. |
| sendmail |
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The sendmail mail transport agent daemon used to move e-mail from one machine to another. |
| smb |
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Provides SMB (Samba) client/server services which include file and print services. It allows Linux computers to exchange file and printer services with Microsoft Windows based systems. |
| snmpd |
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Provides Simple Network Management Protocol support to Linux. |
| squid |
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Runs the squid proxy web server |
| syslog |
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System logging daemon which records system events to log files usually in the directory "/var/log". The actual name of the daemon is klogd. |
| xfs |
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X font file server |
| xntpd |
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Starts the Network Time Protocol NTPv3 daemon. NTP provides a means to synchronize time and coordinate time distribution in a large, diverse internet operating at all speeds. RFC 1305 describes this protocol. |
| ypbind |
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Binds YP/NIS clients to a yellow pages server. NIS (Network Information Service) is a name service created by Sun. |
| yppasswdd |
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Allows users to change their passwords on systems running YP/NIS |
| ypserv |
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This daemon provides the YP/NIS (Network Information System) server functions. |