On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:40 PM, patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Andres Perera <andre...@zoho.com> >> >> why would you install a daemon and not run it? how is it any different >> than X listening on localhost by default in obsd? > > Just because you install something doesn't mean you want it run by default. > > fingerd, ftpd, rshd, popa3d, tftpd, ntalkd, ntpd, bind, lpd, sshd, > etc. are installed on OpenBSD, but not necessarily enabled by default.
one trait that all of these programs have in common is their inclusion in base, which is meant to be a general purpose system. that's a whole other story from debian and ubuntu. both of these linux distributions have tags such as "essential" or "required" reserved for crucial packages; anything else is optional. the packages that brandish the "required" tag differ significantly from obsd's criteria. suffice to say, httpd does not qualify as indispensable in debian world added daemons have different connotations from those included in obsd base, and this also applies to debian and derivatives. the closest parallel would be packages built from ports and the automation pkg_add performs on installing them > > When software thinks too much for the operator is when trouble begins. > > --patrick
