frantisek holop's answer is the most logical yet: --------- hi,
i seem to recall reading in some RFC or maybe in one of the stevens books that these services are required for a "server". i look at it as being a good internet neighbour, a bit like "can you tell me the time please" when someone stops you on the street... --------- p.s.: I created a bounty for this question on the stackexchange site. p.s.2: @Jeremie Courreges-Anglas: are you ok bro'? didn't got your pills? 2013/1/6 Lars Hansson <romaby...@gmail.com>: > ntpd and sshd are only running if you enabled them when installing. For the > rest, just turn off inetd. > Why are they enabled by default? Search the mailing lists, it has been > asked and answered before. > > ---- > Lars
