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authorThierry Vignaud <tv@mandriva.org>2007-08-06 10:27:52 +0000
committerThierry Vignaud <tv@mandriva.org>2007-08-06 10:27:52 +0000
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(description) describe a few more services (cups, dm, haldaemon,
messagebus, ntpd, saned, smb, sshd & xinetd) (#18612)
Diffstat (limited to 'perl-install')
-rw-r--r--perl-install/NEWS1
-rw-r--r--perl-install/services.pm9
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 105111366..919fdf15f 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
- add support for "nodiratime" mount option
+- drakxservices: describe a few more services (#18612)
Version 10.4.159 - 06 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
diff --git a/perl-install/services.pm b/perl-install/services.pm
index d2c2e9244..124ee6b5f 100644
--- a/perl-install/services.pm
+++ b/perl-install/services.pm
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ at was run, and runs batch commands when the load average is low enough."),
crond => N_("cron is a standard UNIX program that runs user-specified programs
at periodic scheduled times. vixie cron adds a number of features to the basic
UNIX cron, including better security and more powerful configuration options."),
+cups => N_("Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is an advanced printer spooling system"),
+dm => N_("Launches the graphical display manager"),
fam => N_("FAM is a file monitoring daemon. It is used to get reports when files change.
It is used by GNOME and KDE"),
gpm => N_("GPM adds mouse support to text-based Linux applications such the
Midnight Commander. It also allows mouse-based console cut-and-paste operations,
and includes support for pop-up menus on the console."),
+haldaemon => N_("HAL is a daemon that collects and maintains information about hardware"),
harddrake => N_("HardDrake runs a hardware probe, and optionally configures
new/changed hardware."),
httpd => N_("Apache is a World Wide Web server. It is used to serve HTML files and CGI."),
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ lpd => N_("lpd is the print daemon required for lpr to work properly. It is
basically a server that arbitrates print jobs to printer(s)."),
lvs => N_("Linux Virtual Server, used to build a high-performance and highly
available server."),
+messagebus => N_("DBUS is a daemon which broadcasts notifications of system events and other messages"),
named => N_("named (BIND) is a Domain Name Server (DNS) that is used to resolve host names to IP addresses."),
netfs => N_("Mounts and unmounts all Network File System (NFS), SMB (Lan
Manager/Windows), and NCP (NetWare) mount points."),
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ This service provides NFS server functionality, which is configured via the
/etc/exports file."),
nfslock => N_("NFS is a popular protocol for file sharing across TCP/IP
networks. This service provides NFS file locking functionality."),
+ntpd => N_("Synchronizes system time using the Network Time Protocol (NTP)"),
numlock => N_("Automatically switch on numlock key locker under console
and Xorg at boot."),
oki4daemon => N_("Support the OKI 4w and compatible winprinters."),
@@ -84,11 +89,15 @@ rusersd => N_("The rusers protocol allows users on a network to identify who is
logged in on other responding machines."),
rwhod => N_("The rwho protocol lets remote users get a list of all of the users
logged into a machine running the rwho daemon (similar to finger)."),
+saned => N_("SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) enables to access scanners, video cameras, ..."),
+smb => N_("The SMB/CIFS protocol enables to shar access to files & printers and also integrates with a Windows Server domain"),
sound => N_("Launch the sound system on your machine"),
+sshd => N_("Secure Shell is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two computers"),
syslog => N_("Syslog is the facility by which many daemons use to log messages
to various system log files. It is a good idea to always run syslog."),
usb => N_("Load the drivers for your usb devices."),
xfs => N_("Starts the X Font Server (this is mandatory for Xorg to run)."),
+xinetd => N_("Starts other deamons on demand.."),
);
my ($name) = @_;
my $s = $services{$name};