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Services in Fedora Core 5
The following is a brief explanation on usage and recommendations for some of the different
services packaged with Fedora Core 5.
(from http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-services-fc5.html)
Understanding Services
Please read the guide on managing services in Fedora. This includes an explanation for
services/daemons, runlevels and various tools available to manage your services.
To control services either use
chkconfig or ntsysv if you are using the command line, or use
system-config-services in the GUI. Gnome users: System > Administration > Server Settings
> Services.
Individual Services
The following is a brief explanation on usage and recommendations for services packaged with
Fedora Core 5. This is not an exhaustive list. Be careful, do not disable things that you're not
sure if need or if you do not understand or know what they are.
DO NOT DISABLE THE FOLLOWING (unless you know what you are doing).
acpid, haldaemon, messagebus, klogd, network, syslogd
Make sure to apply your changes to runlevel 5 *AND* 3.
NetworkManager, NetworkManagerDispatcher
NetworkManager is daemon meant to automate switching between network
connections. Many laptop users who switch between
Wireless WiFi
connections
and
Ethernet
connections may find this useful. Most stationary computers should
have this disabled. Some DHCP users
may require
this.
acpid
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface daemon which controls and allows
interfacing to power management and certain input devices. It is recommended
to be enabled
for all laptops, and most desktops. Some servers may not require
acpi. Common things supported are the
"Power Switch", "Battery Monitor",
"Laptop Lid Switch", "Laptop Display Brightness", "Hibernate", "Suspend"
, etc.
anacron
, atd, cron
These are schedulers with each having slightly different purposes. It is
recommended you keep the general purpose scheduler
cron enabled, especially
if you keep your computer running for long periods of time. If you are
running a
server
look into which schedulers you require. Most likely atd and anacron should
be disabled
for desktops/laptops. Please note that some sheduled tasks such as
cleaning
/tmp or /var may require anacron.
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