Re: [newbie] what are these daemons?

[John Aldrich]

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> i just got mandrake 6.1 installed and running great.  i am trying to
> customize my system performance a bit.  i have been removing unnecessary
> system daemons from the startup.
> 
> i cant find docs on these:
> inet
Don't disable this....all your internet functions are run
through this daemon
> keytable
This is the keyboard module daemon. Do you want to use a
local keyboard? If so, leave this enabled.
> linuxconf
Potential security risk. Don't run it.
> netfs
Are you going to be running SAMBA or any other "network"
software where you'd share drives? If not, turn this off.
> 
> can anyone shed any light on whether these are ok to disable and what
> their function is?
> 
> :P