the line was missing... thanks... however, to turn it off... I do want: disable = yes
then restart xinetd thanks! David McD On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:26:58 -0500, Jeff Groves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David: > > Close, but no. > > Change the line in the file that says "disabled = yes" to "disabled = > no". If there is no "disabled" line, I guess that you add one that says > "disabled=no". > > Jeff G. > > David McDowell wrote: > > >sgi-fam is a security-related daemon that can monitor system file > >integrity and network access attempts. > > > >This is the basics of what I can find about this xinetd service. I'm > >running CentOS 3.4 and also find sgi_fam to be annoying in FC3 as > >well. In the end, what occurs is that I cannot umount a SMB share b/c > >sgi_fam won't let it go. I forgot to take a note, but last time this > >happened I did something like fuser kill with a couple options... > >iirc. > > > >Anyway, the main point of my query is this: is sgi_fam necessary for > >anything?? If not, I'd like to disable it completely as it keeps > >getting in my way. In my attemps to do so, I seem to be failing to > >disable it. I edited /etc/xinetd.d/sgi_fam and the top line is: > > > >#default: on > > > >so I figured I should add this line under that: > > > >default: off #since this line isn't commented it should work right? > > > >I did service xinetd restart and reload and neither caused sgi_fam to > >turn off. I also happened to have a new kernel to boot to, so I > >rebooted and sgi_fam is still on! > > > >thanks, > >David McD > > > > > > > -- > Law of Procrastination: > Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has > the feeling that there is nothing important to do. > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
