- ibod
-
IBOD
is the 'ISDN Bandwidth On Demand Daemon'. It supports opening or closing
a second B-channel automatically upon a certain amount of traffic.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ibod. Doc: man ibod
- identd
-
Provides identification information about the host
it is running on. Necessary to access some braindead IRC networks.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: pidentd. Doc: man identd
- ifled
-
Daemon script for InterfaceLED. This program
allows you to use the keyboard LEDs for displaying network traffic and more.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ifled. Doc: '/usr/share/doc/ifled-0.6/README.init-script'
- inet(d)
-
Obsolete since ML 7.2, replaced by xinetd. Refer
to the attic page for details.
- innd
-
Control script for the InterNetNews Usenet server.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: inn. Doc: lots ;-) Some 30 man pages and an
FAQ in '/usr/share/doc/inn-[...]/faq'
- ipchains
-
'ipchains' is the standard firewalling method in
Linux kernel 2.2 based systems, Linux kernel 2.4 (Mandrake Linux 8.x) uses
'iptables' instead. You'll need this if you want to keep on using your old
(2.2) firewall rules and software.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ipchains. Doc: man ipchains,
IPCHAINS-HOWTO
- iplog
-
iplog
logs network traffic (who'da thunk it?).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: iplog. Doc: man iplog
- ippl
-
ippl (IP Protocols
Logger) logs incoming network traffic.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ippl. Doc: man ippl
- ipsec
-
Part of Linux
FreeS/WAN, an implementation of the IPSEC (Internet Protocol SECurity)
protocol. IPSEC allows you to connect trusted networks via untrusted ones
using a technique called 'tunneling' (in short: all the traffic between the
trusted networks gets encrypted and decrypted automatically).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: freeswan. Doc: lots
- iptables
-
Part of the iptables/netfilterduo, which does the firewalling
and IP masquerading on Linux kernel 2.4.x systems (successor to 'ipchains').
Pertinence: Common. Package: iptables. Doc: HOWTOs, man
iptables
- ip6tables
-
Same as above, but for the future IPv6 network protocol.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: iptables-ipv6. Doc: See above
- iptoip
-
"iptoip
is a program to maintain an ipvsadm [see next entry] table coherent."
Pertinence: Optional. Package: iptoip. Doc: man pages in newer version or
CVS
- ipvsadm
-
Used to administer a Linux Virtual Server. In short:
cluster stuff.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ipvsadm. Doc: man ipvsadm
- ircd
-
ircd (Internet
Relay Chat Daemon) is the original IRC server software.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ircd. Doc: man ircd, files in
/usr/share/doc/ircd-[...]
- irda
-
Control script for IR (Infra-Red) connected devices,
maintained by the Linux-IrDA Project.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: irda-utils. Doc: On project's documentation
page
- isdn4linux
-
For users of ISDN-cards (terminal-adapters
are handled like modems). Notice that you might still have to configure this
service, read '/usr/doc/isdn4net-[...]/doc/INSTALL.quick' for more. In ML
7.2 and later, use the 'draknet' utility.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: isdn4net. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/isdn4net-[...]/',
MUO on configuring
ISDN
- jabber, jabber-icq
-
Control scripts for the Open Source Instant Messaging
server Jabber. You'll need jabber-icq
if you want to allow clients to use the ICQ service.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: jabber, jabber-icq. Doc: docs.jabber.org
- jail.init
-
Deprecated in ML 8.2. Refer to the attic page.
- jserver
-
FreeWnn is
needed to display Japanese characters correctly.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: FreeWnn. Doc: man jserver
- junkbuster
-
Junkbuster
is an ad-, cookie- and contentblocking proxy. The version included has been
slightly modified by Stefan
Waldherr. Notice that the included blocklist is really, really old.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: junkbuster. Doc: 'ijbfaq.html' and 'ijbman.html'
in '/usr/share/doc/junkbuster-[...]'
- kadmin, kprop, krb524, krb5kdc, krb5server
-
Control scripts for a Kerberos 5 server. Kerberos
is a network authentication protocol. In order for clients to access a Kerberos
server, they need special client software (like 'ftp-client-krb5').
Pertinence: Optional. Package: krb5-server. Doc: info krb5-admin
- keytable
-
Not a service in the strict sense of the word. The
'keytable' script loads the selected console keyboard map as set in '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard'
(variable KEYTABLE).
Pertinence: Common. Package: console-tools. Doc: man loadkeys
- kheader
-
Not a service, but a startup script which generates
the file '/boot/kernel.h' on each boot. This generated file is used during
compiling source code.
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: None
- killall
-
Not a service, but a mere short helper script to
stop renitent services.
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: None
- kudzu
-
Detects and configures new or changed hardware during
boot. You can turn it off and your box will boot faster. You can also start
kudzu during normal system operation to configure new hardware.
Pertinence: Common. Package: kudzu. Doc: man kudzu
- ldap
-
LDAP is short for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol,
a central network service for information stored in databases ('directories').
This script is part of the packages openldap1 and openldap-servers, which
are maintained by the OpenLDAP project.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: openldap1, openldap-servers. Doc: man
ldapd and lots of others
- linuxconf
-
Startscript for the Linuxconf central administration
system.
Pertinence: Common. Package: linuxconf. Doc: '/usr/lib/linuxconf/help.[language-code]',
online help system.
- lpd
-
Either part of the old 'lpr' printer spooler software
or its (self-acclaimed) successor, LPRng (ng = next generation).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: lpr, LPRng. Doc: man lpd
- mandrake_consmap
-
Not a service, but a helper script to set the correct
console keymap.
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: None
- mandrake_everytime
-
Mandrake's version of an 'autoexec.bat' (no doubt
I'll get myself killed with this comparison ;-)).
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: Read comments in the script
- mandrake_firsttime
-
Not a service. Determines which commands should
be run the first time the system is booted.
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: Read comments in the script
- mars-nwe
-
NetWare file and print servers which run on Linux
systems.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: mars-nwe. Doc: Look in '/usr/share/doc/mars-nwe-{version}'.
- mcserv
-
'mc' (Midnight Commander) is a popular Linux console
file manager. 'mc' can access machines running 'mcserv' just like the machine
it is running on. Mandrake Linux comes with the 'secure-mcserv' version which
offers more access control.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: mcserv. Doc: man secure-mcserv
- medusa
-
Medusa is the search/indexing software for the GNOME desktop.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: medusa. Doc: man medusa-config
- microcode_ctl
-
Intel P6 CPU Microcode Utility.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: microcode_ctl. Doc: man microcode_ctl
- mon
-
mon
is a resource monitor (from networking to room temperature).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: mon. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/mon-[...]'
- mosix
-
MOSIX extends
the Linux kernel by support for scalable cluster computing.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: mosix-utils. Doc: man mosix
- mysql
-
MySQL (SQL =
Structured Query Language) provides a database.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: MySQL. Doc: 'manual.html' in '/usr/share/doc/MySQL-[...]'
- named
-
Part of BIND (Berkeley Internet Name
Domain), the standard Domain Name Server (DNS) software on Linux. A name
server maps IP addresses to machine names.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: bind. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/bind-[...],
man named.conf and others
- nessusd
-
Nessus provides
software to remotely scan a network for security holes.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: nessus. Doc: Nessus documentation page,
man nessusd
- netatalk
-
Appletalk and Appleshare/IP services for Linux.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: netatalk. Doc: man netatalk-config
- netfs
-
Not a service. Calling this script tries to mount
all available network shares (NFS, NCP, SMB).
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: man mount
- netsaint
-
Host/service/network monitoring program, aka Intrusion
Detection System.
Pertinence: Common. Package: netsaint. Doc: Home Page
- network
-
Not a service. Activates all network interfaces
at boot time (or whenever invoked by the 'service' command) by calling the
scripts in '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts'.
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: man ifconfig
and the appropriate documentation for the initiated interfaces
- nfs
-
Control script for the Linux NFS server (Network File System),
the standard file sharing protocol in Linux/Unix.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: nfs-utils. Doc: man nfsd, MUO article on NFS.
- nfslock
-
Starts and stops the NFS file locking service. You
will need this on NFS servers as well as clients.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: nfs-utils-clients. Doc: man nfsd,
MUO article on NFS.
- noflushd
-
The Linux write cache usually prevents disks from
spinning down when not in use. noflushd works around this issue.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: noflushd. Doc: man noflushd
- nscd
-
'nscd' is a Name Service Caching Daemon, usually
used in combination with NIS+ (Network Information Service) or LDAP (Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: nscd. Doc:
LDAP Implementation HOWTO
- ntp
-
Control script for a Time Synchronization Server using
the Network Time Protocol. Useful if you have to keep machines in a network
in sync.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ntp. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/ntp-[...]'
- numlock
-
No service. 'Locks' the NumLock key at boot, thus
making it possible to use the number block on most keyboards to type in numbers.
This can get pretty funny when enabled on laptops ...
Pertinence: Common. Package: numlock. Doc: man enable_X11_numlock
