Daemon (computing) - Notable Service Daemons in Unix-like Systems

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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