Re: [newbie] what are these daemons?

[John Aldrich]

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > > linuxconf
> > Potential security risk. Don't run it.
> 
> Where could I read up about that? I already ran it, but will leave it out
> next install if it's that bad. Darn - seemed quite useful too! <sigh>
> 
Well, All I know is what my mentor/boss told me. He said
leave it out. You can still run Linuxconf from the local
console. I think that daemon may be for running it from a
remote console.
        John