- oki4daemon
-
Needed to support printing from the OKI 4w and similar
Windows only printers.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: printer-filters. Doc: Read comment in script
- olympusd
-
Deprecated in ML 8.1. Please see the attic page.
- opennap
-
Deprecated in ML 8.1. Please see the attic page.
- pcmcia
-
Part of the Card Services for Linux Project
software which supports PCMCIA (PC-Memory Card International Association)
cards frequently used in laptops.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: kernel-pcmcia-cs. Doc: man pcmcia,
Linux PCMCIA
HOWTO
- pop-before-smtp
-
Watch log for pop/imap auth, notify Postfix to allow
relay. Useful for relaying email when away from home/office and using someone
else's IP space.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: pop-before-smtp. Doc: man pop-before-smtp
- portmap
-
Security tool needed for Remote Procedure Calls,
especially in NIS and NFS connections.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: portmap. Doc: man portmap
- portsentry
-
Starts or stops the Psionic PortSentry 'Port
Scan Detection and Active Defense System' which monitors ports for scans
and blocks scanning hosts immediately.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: portsentry. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/portsentry-[...]'
- postfix
-
The standard mail server software in Mandrake Linux,
a replacement for sendmail. You will need it when your mail reader can't
get or send its mail on its own or if you want to provide mail services for
a network.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: postfix. Doc: man postfix, '/usr/doc/postfix-[version]/html/'
MUO on configuring
PostFix
- postgresql
-
PostgreSQL
provides a database server similar to MySQL.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: postgresql-server. Doc: In package postgresql-docs
- powertweakd.init
-
Powertweak
is a program to tune your kernel and hardware settings
for optimal performance.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: powertweak. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/powertweak-[...]/Documentation'
- pptpd.conf
-
PoPToP
is a free implementation of a PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) server,
needed to connect Virtual Private Networks (VPN).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: pptpd-server. Doc: man pptpd
- prelude
-
Prelude
is a sophisticated Intrusion Detection System (IDS).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: prelude. Doc: In package 'prelude-doc'
- proftpd
-
Control script for the standard Mandrake Linux FTP
server, ProFTPd.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: proftpd. Doc: on project home page
- psacct
-
Allows monitoring process activities.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: psacct. Doc: info accounting
- pure-ftpd
-
PureFTPd
(cl)aims to be a compliant, secure, easy and then some FTP server.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: pure-ftpd. Doc: man pureftpd
- pvm
-
PVM (Parallel Virtual
Machine) allows you to use a network of Unix and NT computers as a single
virtual parallel machine.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: pvm. Doc: man pvm
- pxe
-
Linux PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) package.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: pxe. Doc: Look in '/usr/share/doc/pxe-{version}'.
- radiusd
-
Cistron RADIUS daemon (with PAM). Used at ISP's
to authenticate user logins.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: radiusd-cistron. Doc: man radiusd
- radvd
-
Control script for the Linux IPv6 Router Advertisement Daemon.
You'll need this to take advantage of the IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration
feature (don't ask ...).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: radvd. Doc: man radvd
- random
-
No service. Improves the generation of random numbers
(needed for security).
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: man 4 random
- rawdevices
-
No service. "This scripts assigns raw devices to
block devices (such as hard drive partitions)." Useful for databases (or
so I'm told).
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: Example in '/etc/sysconfig/rawdevices'
- routed
-
'routed' is the Network Routing Daemon. You will
need this if your machine acts as a router (obviously) for other machines
in your network (e.g. as a gateway into another network like the Internet).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: routed. Doc: man routed
- rstatd, rusersd, rwalld, rwhod
-
Provide access to information (status, users) or
services (send messages) useful when maintaining a multiuser network.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: rusers, rwall, rwho. Doc: respective man pages
- saslauthd
-
'saslauthd' is the SASL server. SASL is the Simple
Authentication and Security Layer.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: cyrus-sasl. Doc Look in '/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-{version}/doc/'
- sendmail
-
The standard Internet mail server. In Mandrake Linux
now replaced by PostFix (but still part of the distribution). If your mail
client is capable of sending and receiving mail itself (e.g. Netscape Mail,
kmail, Pine), you don't need it.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: sendmail. Doc: man sendmail
- sensors
-
This skript starts or stops 'sensord', a hardware
monitoring daemon and part of the lm_sensors hardware monitoring
software.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: lm_utils. Doc: man sensors
- shorewall
-
Shorewall
is a firewall / masquerader to be used on single systems (i.e. a desktop
firewall).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: shorewall. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/shorewall-[...]/documentation'
- single
-
No service. Executed when putting the system into
runlevel 1 ('single user' or 'rescue' mode).
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: None
- smb
-
Needed for running SAMBA, the Server Message Block
Protocol Server. It allows you to provide file and printer sharing services
to MS-Windows clients and to access shares on those machines from your Linux
box.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: samba. Doc: man samba, MUO article on SAMBA.
- snortd
-
Control script for the Snort Intrusion Detection System.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: snort. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/snort-[...]'
- sound
-
No service. Starts / stops sound device and loads
/ saves mixer settings.
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: None
- squid
-
Squid
is a web proxy caching server (and much more). Although configuration isn't
trivial, it can speed up net access for clients considerably.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: squid. Doc: vast amount of files in '/usr/share/doc/squid-[...]'
- sshd
-
Control script for an OpenSSH server, a terminal services server
using strong encryption, bound to replace inherently insecure services such
as telnet or ftp.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: openssh-server. Doc: MUO article on SSH
- sockd
-
Dante is a free Socks v4/v5 server implementation.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: dante-server. Doc: man sockd
- sympa
-
Control script for the Sympamailing list management software
(server end, not client end).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: sympa. Doc: man sympa, files
in '/usr/share/doc/sympa-[...]'
- syslog
-
System Message Logger, i.e. it writes system or
service messages to so called log files ('/var/log/*').
Pertinence: Essential. Package: sysklogd. Doc: man sysklogd
- syslog-ng
-
syslog-ng (ng =
next generation) intends to replace sysklogd. It adds the possibility
to filter based on message contents using regular expressions.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: syslog-ng. Doc: man syslog-ng
- storage-server, ftpagent, httpagent, linuxagent,
visu-engine
-
A base structure for systems monitoring.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: logtrend, logtrend-FtpAgent, logtrend-HttpAgent,
logtrend-LinuxAgent, logtrend-Visu-Engine. Doc: Install 'logtrendDoc' package.
- tux
-
Control script for the kernel based TUX web server.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: tux. Doc: 'tux.README' in '/usr/share/doc/tux-[...]'
- snmpd
-
Control script for the project formerly known as
'ucd-snmp', now as NET-SNMP.
It is an implementation of the Simple Network Management Protocol (nomen
est omen). If you know more, you know more than me.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ucd-snmp. Doc: man snmpd and
lost more. Also check out the project homepage
- tinyproxy
-
A lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing
http proxy.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: tinyproxy. Doc: man tinyproxy
- udhcpd
-
Very lightweight dhcp server.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: udhcpd. Doc: man udhcpd
- ups
-
Part of the former 'smartupstools', now called NUT (Network UPS Tools). This package
allows the control of Uninterruptable Power Supplies over a network (you
might have guessed that).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: smartupstools. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/smartupstools-[...]'
- upsmon, upsd, upspowerdown
-
Part of the NUT project (Network UPS Tools). Refer
to ups above. Pertinence: Optional. Package: nut, nut-server. Doc: man
upsd
- usb
-
No service. When called (usually during boot) this
script starts or stops USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices by loading or unloading
the appropriate drivers (kernel modules). You are advised not to
run this script during system operation.
Pertinence: Common. Package: initscripts. Doc: Comments in script, also have
a look at '/etc/sysconfig/usb'
- vanilla
-
Netrek Vanilla Server.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: nettrek-vanilla. Doc: Look in '/usr/share/doc/netrek-vanilla-{version}'.
- vncserver
-
Part of the Virtual Network Computing
software. VNC allows you to remotely display / view / manage the desktop
of another machine. It is platform-independent.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: vnc-server. Doc: in package 'vnc-doc'
- vpb
-
A user mode API for voicetronix telephony hardware.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: vpb. Doc: Look in '/usr/share/doc/vpb-{version}'.
- vrrpd
-
Deprecated in ML 8.1. Refer to the attic page.
- watchdog
-
'watchdog' monitors a machine and reboots it if
a system freeze is detected (sounds funny, but works).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: watchdog. Doc: man watchdog
- webmin
-
Webmin
is a web based system administration suite (an alternative to Linuxconf).
Pertinence: Optional. Package: webmin. Doc: on project home page
and inline
- wine
-
WINE tries
to build a Windows compatibility layer software (i.e. it intends to enable
you to run Windows programs on Linux). This script enables users to run Windows
applications by just clicking on them (well, in theory at least ...)
Pertinence: Optional. Package: wine. Doc: Files in '/usr/share/doc/wine-[...]/wine-doc'
- wwwoffled
-
WWW Offline Explorer - Caching Web Proxy Server.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: wwwoffle. Doc: man wwwoffle
- xfs
-
X Font Server. In the standard X configuration of
Mandrake Linux, X won't run without a working font server.
Pertinence: Common. Package: XFree86-xfs. Doc: man xfs
- xinetd
-
xinetd controls,
logs or redirects accesses to other servers running on the same machine.
It replaces inetd.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: xinetd. Doc: MUO article on xinetd, man xinetd
- xntpd
-
Synchronizes system time using the Network Time
Protocol (NTP). Same as the ntp package.
Pertinence: Common. Package: xntpd. Doc: Look in '/usr/share/doc/xntp3-{version}'.
- ypbind
-
NIS Binder. Only needed if your computer is part
of a NIS (Network Information Service) domain (yp for its old name 'yellow
pages').
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ypbind. Doc: man ypbind
- yppasswdd, ypserv, ypxfrd
-
Scripts to control an NIS server.
Pertinence: Optional. Package: ypserv. Doc: man ypserv
