On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 09:54:08AM +0200, john doe wrote: > >> If things goes well on this server, which is a test server, I'll > >> consider purging dbus from my production server(s) on which a reboot is > >> to be avoided. > >> > >> Here is the requested output from a test server: > >> > >> $ apt purge dbus -s > > <...> > >> dbus* libpam-systemd* > > > > So, dbus is not needed there. > > > > Okay, one more question, can you give me an example where dbus is > required on a non-desktop env or is cups requiring dbus?
Let's see. firewalld. Yet another netfilter/nft frontend. One of favorite Red Hat toys. pacemaker. For those who think that cluster is "it's not down if it's restarted on a neighbour host". nfs-ganesha. Userspace NFS server, designed to be run in a container. Slow as a snail, but is useful to somebody. teamd. Linux bonding has a huge implementation deficiency - it does not depend on dbus :) This one does. avahi-daemon. Was mentioned in this very thread. And last, but not least - any terminal server, like LTSP. Reco
