Linux Services

Linux OS Service ‘sendmail’

Service Name sendmail Description This executes Mail Server Daemon which runs as a daemon in the background, listening for incoming…

Linux OS Service ‘NetFS’

Service Name NetFS Description NetFS is a boot-time script used to mount or unmount Network File System (NFS), Samba (SMB/CIFS),…

Linux OS Service ‘cpuspeed’

Service Name cpuspeed Description This executes a daemon which dynamically adjusts CPU speed and voltage based on demand for CPU…

Linux OS Service ‘ntpd’

Service Name ntpd Description This service executes the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon ntpd. The purpose is to synchronize the…

Linux OS Service ‘microcode_ctl’

Service Name microcode_ctl Description microcode_ctl updates a microcode in IA32 CPU. The microcode is prepared as a file /etc/firmware/microcode.dat. As…

Linux OS service ‘nfs’

Service Name nfs Description The Network File System (NFS) is a server/client based networking protocol. NFS daemons are composed by…

Linux OS Service ‘network’

Service Name network Description The 'network' service activates or deactivates all network interfaces configured to start at boot time. The…

Linux OS service ‘portmap’

Service Name portmap Description Portmap service maps RPC requests to the correct services. RPC processes notify portmap when they start,…

Linux OS service ‘auditd’

Service Name auditd Description auditd is the userspace component to the Linux Auditing System. It’s responsible for writing audit records…

Linux OS Service ‘iptables’

Service Name iptables Description The iptables utility controls the network packet filtering code in the Linux kernel. If you need…