On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Brian Ashe wrote: > Bret Hughes, > > On Thursday August 07, 2003 06:36, Bret Hughes wrote: > > The recent thread where fam was found to be the service that had a port > > open got me wondering bout something that I have never researched. > > > > What is it used for on the default install. IIUC fam is used to monitor > > the status of files and if changed do something. Is there some desktop > > sort of deal that this is used for? > > AFAIK, the primary thing that uses sgi_fam is Nautilus. But I can't remember > if scrollkeeper needs it too. Basically, fam is very good at what it does, > and RH has decided to make it available and ready for those things that need > it especially in the GUI set-ups. I think I remember someone saying that > Konqueror needed it too, but that may be a "because it was compiled that way" > kind of thing.
You hit the nail on the head. rpm -q --whatrequires fam I don't think scorllkeeper uses it though. Anyway, the fam service is bound to 127.0.0.1, so its not really a remote security concern, just a local one. -- Matthew Galgoci "Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap" System Administrator Red Hat, Inc 919.754.3700 x44155 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
