On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 07:14:01AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Jim Sibley wrote: > > > init
You really can't kill init for any practical purpose. > > migration_CP (1 per CP) > > kmcheck > > kvventd > > ksoftirqd_CP > > kswapd > > bdflush > > kupdated > > kinoded > > mdrecoveryd > _I think_ you don't need that unless you're using RAID or LVM. > > > kreiserfsd All the above are kernel threads, not standard processes, right? > No Reiserfs? don't need it. It will only be created if reiserfs filesystem is used? Or is it: if support is loaded? > > > lvm-mpd > > Only if you're using LVM. > > > qethsoft > > syslogd > > klogd > Only need those two if you want syslog. Probably you do. > > > > portmap > NFS uses that. OTOH, I _can_ mount NFS without it. Just yesterday I > build a kernel to mount a root filesystem on NFS, and that gets mounted > before it has any user-space programs whatever. > > > > sshd Leave it, if you want remote access to your machine. > > master > > pickup > > qmgr > postfix: master is the father process, creates some childern. Having a local MTA is not necessary, but can be quite useful: e.g: for delivering random error reports. > > > atd > > cron > Quite likely you don't need those on a small system. cron's used to > schedule regular jobs, atd to run irregular ones (the at command) and I > suspect most users don't even know about it. I suspect many things won't work as planned without crond. One example: log rotation. Though you can probably do without atd. > > > nscd (7 copies) > System will work without the Name Server Caching Daemon. Gave me grief > once and I simply turned it off. > > > login > > login's the program (not a daemon) that processes your login > authentication. The console login listener is something *getty (e.g: mingetty). -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+
