Kinds of Linux Daemon/Services
acpid
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
anacron
Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the system is running continuously.
apmd
The apmd package is a set of user to control the Advanced Power Management system.
autofs
Auto-autofs detects Disks, Partitions, CD-ROMs, Floppies etc. and sets up an automount configuration. It makes easier to connect to our hard drive.
crond
Service to execute scheduled commands.
cups
The Common UNIX Printing System ("CUPS") is printing solution for all UNIX environments.
echo
Service for testing, everything you send to port 7 (echo) would be sent back to you.
httpd
The apache web server.
lighttpd
Lighttpd web server.
iptables
Linux based firewall. Development of ipchains.
irda
Infrared Data Association.
isdn
Integrated Services Digital Network.
kudzu
Detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system.
lisa
Daemon which is intended to run on end user systems.
mysqld
MySQL database server.
named
Bind DNS server.
netfs
Network Filesystem Mounter. Needed for mounting NFS, SMB and NCP shares on boot.
network
Activates all network interfaces at boot time.
nfs
Linux file sharing.
ntpd
Sets and maintains the system time of day in synchronism with Internet standard time servers.
pcmcia
PCMCIA cards identifiers.
portmap
A dynamic port assignment daemon for RPC services such as NIS and NFS.
postgresql
PostgreSQL database server.
random
Initialize kernel random number generator
rsync
Provides a very fast method for bringing remote files into sync.
sendmail
Mail server, allows to send emails using this machine as mail server.
services
An internal xinetd services, listing active services.
smartd
Self Monitor Analysis and Reporting Technology System.
smb
Samba, allows to share and access MS windows network.
snmpd
Simple Network Management protocol.
squid
Internet proxy and web cache.
sshd
Secure Shell daemon, allows secure and remote logging to this machine.
syslog
Logs all system activities.
tux
The TUX Web Server is an HTTP daemon for Linux .
vncserver
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing.
vsftpd
Secure FTP daemon.
winbind
Winbind is an nss switch module to map Windows NT Domain databases to Unix.
xfs
The X font server (xfs) provides a standard mechanism for an X server to communicate with a font renderer, frequently running on a remote machine. It usually runs on TCP port 7100.
xinetd
The internet services daemon.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
anacron
Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the system is running continuously.
apmd
The apmd package is a set of user to control the Advanced Power Management system.
autofs
Auto-autofs detects Disks, Partitions, CD-ROMs, Floppies etc. and sets up an automount configuration. It makes easier to connect to our hard drive.
crond
Service to execute scheduled commands.
cups
The Common UNIX Printing System ("CUPS") is printing solution for all UNIX environments.
echo
Service for testing, everything you send to port 7 (echo) would be sent back to you.
httpd
The apache web server.
lighttpd
Lighttpd web server.
iptables
Linux based firewall. Development of ipchains.
irda
Infrared Data Association.
isdn
Integrated Services Digital Network.
kudzu
Detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system.
lisa
Daemon which is intended to run on end user systems.
mysqld
MySQL database server.
named
Bind DNS server.
netfs
Network Filesystem Mounter. Needed for mounting NFS, SMB and NCP shares on boot.
network
Activates all network interfaces at boot time.
nfs
Linux file sharing.
ntpd
Sets and maintains the system time of day in synchronism with Internet standard time servers.
pcmcia
PCMCIA cards identifiers.
portmap
A dynamic port assignment daemon for RPC services such as NIS and NFS.
postgresql
PostgreSQL database server.
random
Initialize kernel random number generator
rsync
Provides a very fast method for bringing remote files into sync.
sendmail
Mail server, allows to send emails using this machine as mail server.
services
An internal xinetd services, listing active services.
smartd
Self Monitor Analysis and Reporting Technology System.
smb
Samba, allows to share and access MS windows network.
snmpd
Simple Network Management protocol.
squid
Internet proxy and web cache.
sshd
Secure Shell daemon, allows secure and remote logging to this machine.
syslog
Logs all system activities.
tux
The TUX Web Server is an HTTP daemon for Linux .
vncserver
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing.
vsftpd
Secure FTP daemon.
winbind
Winbind is an nss switch module to map Windows NT Domain databases to Unix.
xfs
The X font server (xfs) provides a standard mechanism for an X server to communicate with a font renderer, frequently running on a remote machine. It usually runs on TCP port 7100.
xinetd
The internet services daemon.
