Here's the base description of fam and a url to locate more info: *** Begin RPM Information Summary on fam *** Name : fam Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 2.6.7 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 5mdk Build Date: Thu 28 Feb 2002 07:12:23 AM CST Install date: Mon 17 Jun 2002 07:03:52 PM CDT Build Host: bi.mandrakesoft.com Group : Monitoring Source RPM: fam-2.6.7-5mdk.src.rpm Size : 157889 License: GPL/LGPL Packager : Mandrake Linux Team <http://www.mandrakeexpert.com> URL : http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/ Summary : Fam, the File Alteration Monitor Description : fam, the File Alteration Monitor, provides a daemon and an API which applications can use to be notified when specific files or directories are changed. *** End RPM Information Summary on fam ***
You may want to look at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam . For portmap, unless you are running either NFS or NIS, you do not need to be running it. For a desktop, you certainly don't want to be running it unless absolutely necessary (or unless you have a firewall which blocks people from getting in). Below, you'll find the description for portmap: *** Begin RPM Information Summary on portmap *** Name : portmap Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 4.0 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 18mdk Build Date: Sat 23 Feb 2002 04:50:02 AM CST Install date: Mon 17 Jun 2002 07:00:41 PM CDT Build Host: bi.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Servers Source RPM: portmap-4.0-18mdk.src.rpm Size : 50376 License: BSD Packager : Mandrake Linux Team <http://www.mandrakeexpert.com> Summary : A program which manages RPC connections Description : The portmapper program is a security tool which prevents theft of NIS (YP), NFS and other sensitive information via the portmapper. A portmapper manages RPC connections, which are used by protocols like NFS and NIS. The portmap package should be installed on any machine which acts as a server for protocols using RPC. *** End RPM Information Summary on portmap *** For xinetd, unless you are planning on using any of the services that are started from there (such as telnet server, ftp servers, and so forth), you don't need to be running it. On my firewall, I've turned it completely off, since I can get to it just fine via ssh. *** Begin RPM Information Summary on portmap *** Name : xinetd Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 2.3.7 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1.1mdk Build Date: Wed 21 Aug 2002 06:02:05 PM CDT Install date: Sun 06 Oct 2002 01:09:16 PM CDT Build Host: updates.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Base Source RPM: xinetd-2.3.7-1.1mdk.src.rpm Size : 220358 License: BSD Packager : Linux-Mandrake Security Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.xinetd.org Summary : Xinetd is a powerful replacement for inetd. Description : xinetd is a powerful replacement for inetd. xinetd has access control machanisms, extensive logging capabilities, the ability to make services available based on time, and can place limits on the number of servers that can be started, among other things. xinetd has the ability to redirect TCP streams to a remote host and port. This is useful for those of that use ip masquerading, or NAT, and want to be able to reach your internal hosts. xinetd also has the ability to bind specific services to specific interfaces. This is useful when you want to make services available for your internal network, but not the rest of the world. Or to have a different service running on the same port, but different interfaces. *** End RPM Information Summary on portmap *** (By the way, you can get this info by doing an rpm -qi <packagename> from the command line.) Michael -- Michael Viron Core Systems Group Simple End User Linux At 02:31 AM 1/19/2003 +0100, you wrote: >On Saturday January 18 2003 04:52 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: >> http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/index.html#ss has lists of >> all system services, even a deprecated services list. For each, they >> are rated optional, common, or essential. Many of the listed >> services have links to more documentation for that service. IOW's, >> much more info than you get from MCC. >> >About fam service there is no documentation, the links to more >documentation I have already tried. >Again: What programs (in Mandrake Linux) use fam, use portmap ? Is it >save to not use xinetd? >Pfff I can't think right now on this matter, I've to do something else. > >vatbier > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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