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Re: runtime processes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Nov 11 16:59:59 1998
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:15:27 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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"Anthony E. Greene" wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Blake Thornton wrote:
> >this is a question regarding several processes started at runtime
> >
> >specifically i am wondering if i need sendmail, postgresql, smb, snmpd,
> >and routed.
> >What would happen if i turned these off? I have looked in the man pages
> >and i still dont really understand what these do. could some one give me
> >a simple english description of these?
> >I am the only user on my machine, I dont use my machine to get mail (I
> >telnet to my account elsewhere), but i do use a ppp connection.
>
> routed: Updates the routing table that sends network packets in the right
> direction. You mmay need this when using ppp.
No. You don't need routed just for ppp - just set up ppp with "defaultroute".
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