to paraphrase bob hope's theme--thanks for the summaries!
> > 2206 ? S 0:00 /sbin/portmap > Portmapper for the RPC-based services (kinda a dispatch for them) > > portmap = something to do with Remote-Procedure-Call? > precisely can i ditch it? is it essential somehow? > > *logd = system loggers: > > syslogd and klogd both log important messages to your log files. > > we need them _both_ because... well... um... > Because syslogd handles the userspace messages, klogd handles the kernel > messages. there's still a AWFUL lot of overlap! > > rinetd = like inetd, but different? > nah, a redirector - do you really need it? as in, for firewall/ipmasq router? (if so, yes!) how about ypbind? what's that, and why?
