example, syslogd is a daemon that implements system logging facility, and sshd is a daemon that serves incoming SSH connections. In a Unix environment, the...
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This is a list of Unix daemons that are found on various Unix-like operating systems. Unix daemons typically have a name ending with a d. List of POSIX...
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computer programs in Unix-like operating systems—which, through a play on words, takes the cartoon shape of a demon. The BSD Daemon's nickname Beastie is...
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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
Core Utilities List of GNU packages List of KDE applications List of Unix daemons Unix philosophy util-linux "FreeBSD Manual Pages: time". man.freebsd.org...
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Cron (redirect from Crontab (Unix command))
relative to that time zone. The cron in Version 7 Unix was a system service (later called a daemon) invoked from /etc/rc when the operating system entered...
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Berkeley Software Distribution (redirect from BSD Unix)
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as Berkeley Unix or BSD Unix, is a discontinued Unix operating system developed and distributed by the Computer...
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Init (redirect from System V init daemon)
first process started during booting of the operating system. Init is a daemon process that continues running until the system is shut down. It is the...
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Man page (redirect from Man (Unix))
(short for manual page) is a form of software documentation found on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Topics covered include programs, system libraries...
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etc., all within one daemon flies in the face of the Unix concept of doing one thing and doing it well." In his book The Art of Unix Programming that was...
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acronym for BIRD Internet Routing Daemon) is an open-source implementation for routing Internet Protocol packets on Unix-like operating systems. It was developed...
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Demon (disambiguation) (redirect from Dæmon)
mythology and folklore. Demon, daemon or dæmon may also refer to: Daemon (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe Dæmon (His Dark Materials), the term...
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The Line Printer Daemon protocol/Line Printer Remote protocol (or LPD, LPR) is a network printing protocol for submitting print jobs to a remote printer...
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GNU (redirect from GNU's Not Unix)
for "GNU's Not Unix!", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code. Stallman chose...
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Ed (software) (redirect from Ed (UNIX))
letters, /ˌiːˈdiː/) is a line editor for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It was one of the first parts of the Unix operating system that was developed...
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Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is software originally developed for the Linux operating system (OS) that provides a set of daemons to manage access to...
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Protocol daemon (PPPD) is the daemon that implements Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). PPP is used to manage network connections between two nodes on Unix-like...
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Berkeley r-commands (redirect from Rcp (Unix))
in to the local Unix system, rwho lists those users who are logged into all multi-user Unix systems on the local network. rwho's daemon, rwhod, maintains...
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Linux (category Unix variants)
Linux (/ˈlɪnʊks/, LIN-uuks) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released...
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metadata. Some Unix systems run a kind of flush or update daemon, which calls the sync function on a regular basis. On some systems, the cron daemon does this...
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biff is a mail notification system for Unix. When a new mail message is delivered, the program biff alerts the recipient so they can read it immediately...
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CUPS (redirect from Common Unix Printing System/Proposed baseline)
CUPS (formerly an acronym for Common UNIX Printing System) is a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer...
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Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD or EsounD) was the sound server for Enlightenment and GNOME. Esound is a small sound daemon for both Linux and UNIX. ESD was created...
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GNU Hurd (category Unix variants)
and server processes (or daemons, in Unix terminology) that run on the GNU Mach microkernel. The Hurd aims to surpass the Unix kernel in functionality...
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Systemd (category Unix process- and task-management-related software)
management, and event logging. The name systemd adheres to the Unix convention of naming daemons by appending the letter d. It also plays on the term "System...
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System V printing system (redirect from Lp (Unix))
subsystem of UNIX System V is one of several standardized systems for printing on Unix, and is typical of commercial System V-based Unix versions such...
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Mtab (category Unix file system technology)
file systems table) file is a system information file, commonly found on Unix-like systems. This file lists all currently mounted filesystems along with...
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Peter H. (2005). The Daemon, the Gnu and the Penguin. Groklaw. Stevens, W Richard. Rago, Stephen A. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition...
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been made exclusively responsible for modifying the interrupt table. Daemon (Unix) Desk accessory DOS Protected Mode Services / DPMS Extension (Mac OS)...
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Signal (IPC) (redirect from Sigprocmask (Unix))
limited form of inter-process communication (IPC), typically used in Unix, Unix-like, and other POSIX-compliant operating systems. A signal is an asynchronous...
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Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a free and open-source music player server. It plays audio files, organizes playlists and maintains a music database. In order...
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