Notable Service Daemons in Unix-like Systems
- atd and crond: Task scheduler daemons
- bootparmd and dhcpd: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and Internet Bootstrap Protocol servers
- fingerd: Finger protocol server
- ftpd: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server
- httpd: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) daemon (web server)
- identd: Provides the identity of a user of a particular TCP connection
- inetd and xinetd: Internet Superserver Daemon
- named: A Domain Name System (DNS) server daemon
- nfsd: Network File System (NFS) daemon
- ntpd: Network Time Protocol (NTP) service daemon
- portmap, rpcbind: SunRPC port mapper
- mysqld, postgresql: Database server daemons
- routed, gated: Manages routing tables
- nfsd, mountd, statd: Part of typical Network File System implementation
- rwhod: Maintains the database used by the rwho and ruptime tools
- sendmail, postfix: mail transfer agent daemons
- snmpd: Simple Network Management Protocol Daemon
- syslogd: Syslog daemon
- telnetd and sshd: Telnet and Secure Shell server daemons
- ypbind: A bind server for Network Information Service ("Yellow Pages")
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