From: John P. Looney (Kate) (jplooney-ilug at domain online.ie)
Date: Fri 21 Jul 2000 - 12:30:08 IST
On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 12:18:09PM +0100, SP K mentioned:
> apmd
Power saving. No harm leaving it there, or deleting it.
> atd
For the "at" command. I don't think any system stuff uses it.
> crond
Leave this. For log rotating and the like.
> gpm
Mouse for the console. This can be killed...
> inet
Oooh. Kill this, and you can't telnet/FTP or do anything listed in
/etc/inetd.conf.
> keytable
This is just a script that loads your UK keymap of the US one.
> network
Speaks for itself really. Gives things IPs, sets up routes.
> pcmcia
Kill this, if you don't have PCMCIA
> portmap
This is used by NFS and the like. Maybe kill it, and see what breaks.
> random
This loads up the random seed from disk, and seeds /dev/urandom with it.
Keep it.
> syslog
Always nice to have logs. Keep it.
Kate
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The words of the unwary are apt to cause needless pain and bloody violence.
- Zen Master Greg
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