i'm getting into this debate. what's the switches for ps that'll show all the daemons i'm running? just ps just gives me the obvious processes.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ethan Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 April 2000 15:45 > To: w trillich > Cc: John Pearson; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: startup/connection trubble [was Modules & name > resolution] > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 08:59:34AM -0500, w trillich wrote: > > > > nfs = network fileshare system (or similar)? as in, a windows user > > can see a volume icon on their desktop from the linux box? don't > > need that... (the appletalk stuff is still operational... does > > it need NFS?) > > no, NFS == Network File System (more accuratly known as No File > Security ;-) it is for exporting parts/all of your filesystem to > other *nix hosts, while its possible to export to win* boxes its a > very bad idea (unless you squash all uids and export read-only) since > exporting to win* user == giving out root access. (this is true of > any NFS export unless you exclusivly control root on all client > machines, hence the No File Security comment) for exporting to win* > you want samba. exporting to macos users you want netatalk (afpd, > atalkd, papd) if you need none of the above then for petes sake shut > it off! > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ >
