Author: mladen.turk(a)jboss.com Date: 2007-09-26 13:01:44 -0400 (Wed, 26 Sep 2007) New Revision: 1046 Modified: trunk/sight/java/org/jboss/sight/platform/linux/Services.properties Log: Add more known services descriptions Modified: trunk/sight/java/org/jboss/sight/platform/linux/Services.properties =================================================================== --- trunk/sight/java/org/jboss/sight/platform/linux/Services.properties 2007-09-26 15:25:54 UTC (rev 1045) +++ trunk/sight/java/org/jboss/sight/platform/linux/Services.properties 2007-09-26 17:01:44 UTC (rev 1046) @@ -112,3 +112,240 @@ as the Midnight Commander. It also allows mouse-based console \ cut-and-paste operations, and includes support for pop-up \ menus on the console. + +haldaemon.0=HAL daemon +haldaemon.1=This is a daemon for collecting and maintaing information \ + about hardware from several sources. + +halt.0=Runlevel 0 (halt) or runlevel 6 (reboot). +halt.1=It kills all processes, unmounts file systems and then either \ + halts or reboots. + +hidd.0=Bluetooth Human Interface Device Daemon. +hidd.1=Bluetooth Human Interface Device Daemon. Provides keyboard, \ + mouse etc. functionality over Bluetooth. + +hplip.0=HPLIP +hplip.1=HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) + +httpd.0=Apache HTTP Server +httpd.1=Apache is a World Wide Web server. It is used to serve \ + HTML files and CGI. + + +ip6tables.0=Ip6tables firewall +ip6tables.1=Starts, stops and saves ip6tables firewall + +ipmi.0=OpenIPMI Driver +ipmi.1=OpenIPMI Driver init script + +iptables.0=Iptables firewall +iptables.1=Starts, stops and saves iptables firewall + +irda.0=IrDA support +irda.1=IrDA(TM) (Infrared Data Association) is an industry standard \ + for wireless, infrared communication between devices. IrDA speeds range \ + from 9600 bps to 4 Mbps, and IrDA can be used by many modern devices \ + including laptops, LAN adapters, PDAs, printers, and mobile phones. + +irqbalance.0=Irq balancing daemon +irqbalance.1=The irqbalance daemon will distribute interrupts across \ + the cpus on a multiprocessor system with the purpose of \ + spreading the load. + +isdn.0=ISDN services +isdn.1=Start and stop ISDN services + +kdump.0=Kernel dump +kdump.1=The kdump init script provides the support necessary for \ + loading a kdump kernel into memory at system bootup time, \ + and for copying away a vmcore at system panic time. + +kudzu.0=Kudzu hardware probe. +kudzu.1=This runs the hardware probe, and optionally configures \ + changed hardware. + +mcstrans.0=SELinux Context Translation System Daemon +mcstrans.1=This starts the SELinux Context Translation System Daemon + +mdmonitor.0=RAID monitoring and management +mdmonitor.1=This starts, stops, and reloads the mdadm-based \ + software RAID monitoring and management facility + +mdmdp.0=Multipath device monitoring and management +mdmdp.1=This starts, stops, and reloads the mdmpd-based \ + multipath device monitoring and management facility + +messagebus.0=D-BUS systemwide message bus +messagebus.1=This is a daemon which broadcasts notifications of system events \ + and other messages. + +microcode_ctl.0=Apply cpu microcode +microcode_ctl.1=Apply cpu microcode if kernel has CPU microcode device support. + +netfs.0=Mount network filesystems. +netfs.1=Mounts and unmounts all Network File System (NFS), \ + SMB/CIFS (Lan Manager/Windows), and NCP (NetWare) mount points. + +netplugd.0=Network plug management daemon. +netplugd.1=Netplugd is a daemon for managing non-static network \ + interfaces. + +network.0=Bring up/down networking +network.1=Activates/Deactivates all network interfaces configured to \ + start at boot time. + +NetworkManager.0=NetworkManager daemon +NetworkManager.1=This is a daemon for automatically switching network \ + connections to the best available connection. + +NetworkManagerDispatcher.0=NetworkManagerDispatcher daemon +NetworkManagerDispatcher.1=This daemon automatically runs scripts when NetworkManager \ + changes the network state. + +nfs.0=NFS services +nfs.1=NFS is a popular protocol for file sharing across TCP/IP \ + networks. This service provides NFS server functionality, \ + which is configured via the /etc/exports file. + +nfslock.0=NFS file locking service +nfslock.1=NFS is a popular protocol for file sharing across \ + TCP/IP networks. This service provides NFS file \ + locking functionality. + +nscd.0=Name Switch Cache Daemon +nscd.1=This is a daemon which handles passwd and group lookups \ + for running programs and cache the results for the next \ + query. You should start this daemon if you use \ + slow naming services like NIS, NIS+, LDAP, or hesiod. + +ntpd.0=NTPv4 daemon +ntpd.1=The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of \ + a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, \ + such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. + +pand.0=Bluetooth Personal Area Networking Daemon +pand.1=Bluetooth Personal Area Networking Daemon. Provides network \ + services over Bluetooth. + +pcscd.0=PC/SC smart card daemon +pcscd.1=The PC/SC smart card daemon is a resource manager for the \ + PC/SC lite and Musclecard frameworks. It coordinates \ + communications with smart card readers, smart cards, and \ + cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system. + +portmap.0=RPC portmapper +portmap.1=The portmapper manages RPC connections, which are used by \ + protocols such as NFS and NIS. The portmap server must be \ + running on machines which act as servers for protocols which \ + make use of the RPC mechanism. + +postgresql.0=PostgreSQL server +postgresql.1=Starts and stops the PostgreSQL backend daemon that handles \ + all database requests. + +psacct.0=Kernel process accounting +psacct.1=Starts and stops process accounting + +rdisc.0=Rdisc daemon +rdisc.1=This is a daemon which discovers routers on the local subnet. + +readahead_early.0=Prereads programs required for startup into memory +readahead_early.1=This service causes the programs used during startup \ + to be loaded into memory before they are needed, \ + thus improving startup performance. + +readahead_later.0=Prereads programs required for startup into memory +readahead_later.1=This service causes the programs used during startup \ + to be loaded into memory before they are needed, \ + thus improving startup performance. + +restorecond.0=Maintain path file context +restorecond.1=Restorecond uses inotify to look for creation of new files \ + listed in the /etc/selinux/restorecond.conf file, and restores the \ + correct security context. + +rpcgssd.0=RPCSEC GSS daemon +rpcgssd.1=Starts user-level daemon that manages RPCSEC GSS contexts \ + for the NFSv4 client. + + +rpcidmapd.0=RPC name to UID/GID mapper +rpcidmapd.1=Starts user-level daemon for NFSv4 that maps user \ + names to UID and GID numbers. + +rpcsvcgssd.0=RPCSEC GSS daemon +rpcsvcgssd.0=Starts user-level daemon that manages RPCSEC GSS contexts \ + for the NFSv4 server. + +saslauthd.0=SASL authentication daemon. +saslauthd.1=Saslauthd is a server process which handles plaintext \ + authentication requests on behalf of the cyrus-sasl library. + +sendmail.0=Mail Transport Agent +sendmail.1=Sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent, which is the program \ + that moves mail from one machine to another. + +setroubleshoot.0=SELinux Troubleshooting Daemon +setroubleshoot.1=This starts the SELinux Troubleshooting Daemon + +smartd.0=SMART daemon +smartd.1=Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART) Daemon + +smb.0=Samba network services +smb.1=Starts and stops the Samba smbd and nmbd daemons \ + used to provide SMB network services. + +squid.0=Squid Internet Object Cache +squid.1=Squid - Internet Object Cache. Internet object caching is \ + a way to store requested Internet objects (i.e., data available \ + via the HTTP, FTP, and gopher protocols) on a system closer to the \ + requesting site than to the source. Web browsers can then use the \ + local Squid cache as a proxy HTTP server, reducing access time as \ + well as bandwidth consumption. + +sshd.0=OpenSSH server daemon +sshd.1=This starts, stops, and reloads the OpenSSH server daemon. + +syslog.0=System logging +syslog.1=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. + +tux.0=TUX Kernel-based http server. +tux.1=The TUX threaded kernel-based http server + +vncserver.0=VNCserver +vncserver.1=Starts and stops vncserver. \ + Used to provide remote X administration services. + +winbind.0=Samba winbind daemon +winbind.1=Starts and stops the Samba winbind daemon + +wpa_supplicant.0=WPA Supplicant +wpa_supplicant.1=WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and \ + Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant \ + is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. \ + It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls \ + the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver. + +xend.0=Xen control daemon +xend.1=Starts and stops the Xen control daemon. + +xendomains.0=Xen domains +xendomains.1=Start, stop Xen domains automatically when domain 0 boots or shuts down. + +xfs.0=X Font Server +xfs.1=Starts and stops the X Font Server at boot time and shutdown. \ + It also takes care of (re-)generating font lists. + +ypbind.0=Ypbind Daemon +ypbind.1=This is a daemon which runs on NIS/YP clients and binds them \ + to a NIS domain. It must be running for systems based on glibc \ + to work as NIS clients, but it should not be enabled on systems \ + which are not using NIS. + +yum-updatesd.0=Yum-updates daemon +yum-updatesd.1=This is a daemon which periodically checks for updates \ + and can send notifications via mail, dbus or syslog. +