Linux Services

Linux OS Service ‘cups’

Description The Common UNIX Printing System ("CUPS") is a cross-platform printing solution for all UNIX environments. It is based on…

Linux OS Service ‘kdump’

This is a script which configures kdump (kernel dump). Kdump provides a memory dump into a file named vmcore when…

Linux OS Service ‘haldaemon’

Description The Linux Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) implements a coherent description of all the hardware on a system, including hot-plugged…

Linux OS Service ‘portreserve’

The portreserve program aims to help services with well-known ports that lie in the portmap range. It prevents portmap from…

Linux OS Service ‘kudzu’

Service Name kudzu Description This executes kudzu, the automatic hardware detection tool developed by Red Hat. "kudzu" detects and configures…

Linux OS Service ‘lm_sensors’

Service Name lm_sensors Description The lm_sensors is a service, set up to monitor hardware like CPU temperature or fan speed.…

Linux OS Service ‘setroubleshoot’

SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) provides mandatory access control to the Linux operating system. SELinux is quite pervasive, even if only…

Linux OS Service ‘psacct’

The psacct service is responsible for starting and stopping process accounting at system boot time and at system shutdown. This…

Linux OS Service ‘NetworkManagerDispatcher’

The NetworkManager daemon attempts to keep an active network connection available at all times. The NetworkManager facility offers a tool…

Linux OS Service ‘yum-updatesd’

The yum-updatesd daemon regularly checks the yum repository and provides notification of updates available for your system. Notifications can be…