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messagebus
This is an IPC (Interprocess Communication) service for Linux. Specifically this
communicates with dbus, a critical component. It is highly recommended to leave
this enabled
.
netdump
See diskdump
.
netplugd
Netplugd can monitor network interfaces and executes commands when their
state changes. This can be left to default disabled.
netfs
This is used for automatic mounting of any shared network file space such as
NFS, Samba, etc on bootup. Useful if you connect to another server or filesharing
on your
local
network. Most single desktop/laptop users should have this
disabled
.
nfs
, nfslock
This the standard network file sharing for Unix/Linux/BSD style operating
systems. Unless you require to share data in this manner, disable this.
ntpd
This automatically updates the system time from the internet. Mentioned in the
installation process. If you have an active ("always-on") internet connection it is
recommended you enable this, but it is
not required
.
portmap
This is complementary service to NFS (file sharing) and/or NIS (authentication).
Unless you use those services you should disable this.
readahead, readahead_early
This services is to improve startup performance by preloading certain
applications into memory. If you wish to startup faster leave this enabled.
rpcgssd
, rpcidmapd, rpcsvcgssd
Used for NFS v4. Unless you require or use NFS v4, these should be disabled.
sendmail
Unless you run a server or you like to transfer or support a locally shared
IMAP or
POP3 service, most people do NOT need a mail transport agent. If you check your
mail on the web (hotmail/yahoo/gmail) or you use a mail program such as
Thunderbird, Kmail, Evolution, etc. then you should disable this.
smartd
The SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon can be used to monitor and predict disk
failure or problems on hard disk that support this. Most desktop users may not
need this unless there is possible problems, but is it recommend to be left
enabled
(especially for servers).
smb
The SAMBA daemon is
required to share files from Linux to Windows
. This
should be enabled only if
you have windows computers that require file access
to Linux. There is information on configuring Samba for FC5
.
sshd
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