From e1049ee8198ed9900894cd4af4dc8028fc6694be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thierry Vignaud Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:27:52 +0000 Subject: (description) describe a few more services (cups, dm, haldaemon, messagebus, ntpd, saned, smb, sshd & xinetd) (#18612) --- perl-install/NEWS | 1 + perl-install/services.pm | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) 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}; -- cgit v1.2.1