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[[zh-cn:Daemons List]] | [[zh-cn:Daemons List]] | ||
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Here is a list of daemons. Note that any package can provide a daemon, so this list will never be complete. Please feel free to add any missing daemons here, in alphabetical order. You may have packages that include other daemons from the [[AUR]]. These files will likely be located in {{ic|/usr/lib/systemd/system/}}. | Here is a list of daemons. Note that any package can provide a daemon, so this list will never be complete. Please feel free to add any missing daemons here, in alphabetical order. You may have packages that include other daemons from the [[AUR]]. These files will likely be located in {{ic|/usr/lib/systemd/system/}}. | ||
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For each daemon the name of the script (for [[rc.conf|initscripts]]) and of the service (for [[systemd]]) is given. | For each daemon the name of the script (for [[rc.conf|initscripts]]) and of the service (for [[systemd]]) is given. | ||
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|atd||atd.service||Run jobs queued for later execution. | |atd||atd.service||Run jobs queued for later execution. | ||
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| + | |[[Autofs|autofs]]||autofs.service||A package that provides support for automounting removable media or network shares when they are inserted or accessed. | ||
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|[[Avahi|avahi-daemon]]||avahi-daemon.service||Allows programs to automatically find local network services. | |[[Avahi|avahi-daemon]]||avahi-daemon.service||Allows programs to automatically find local network services. | ||
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|[[Bluetooth|bluetooth]]||bluetooth.service||Bluetooth protocol stack, framework, subsystem. | |[[Bluetooth|bluetooth]]||bluetooth.service||Bluetooth protocol stack, framework, subsystem. | ||
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| + | |[[CDemu|cdemud]]||cdemu-daemon.service||CD/DVD-ROM device emulator. | ||
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|[[Connman|connmand]]||connman.service||Wireless LAN network manager. | |[[Connman|connmand]]||connman.service||Wireless LAN network manager. | ||
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|craftbukkit||''not yet implemented''||CraftBukkit Minecraft server | |craftbukkit||''not yet implemented''||CraftBukkit Minecraft server | ||
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| − | |[[Cron|crond]]||cronie.service||Daemon to schedule and time events. The daemon name ''crond'' is used by at least two packages, {{Pkg|cronie}} and {{Pkg|dcron}}. | + | |[[Cron|crond]]||cronie.service (if using {{Pkg|cronie}}) or dcron.service (if using {{Pkg|dcron}}) ||Daemon to schedule and time events. The daemon name ''crond'' is used by at least two packages, {{Pkg|cronie}} and {{Pkg|dcron}}. |
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|[[CUPS|cupsd]]||cups.service ||The CUPS Printing System daemon. | |[[CUPS|cupsd]]||cups.service ||The CUPS Printing System daemon. | ||
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|[[Dropbox|dropboxd]]||''not yet implemented''||Cross-platform file synchronisation with version control. | |[[Dropbox|dropboxd]]||''not yet implemented''||Cross-platform file synchronisation with version control. | ||
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| + | |[[fail2ban|fail2ban]]||''fail2ban.service''||Fail2ban scans log files and bans IPs that show the malicious signs. | ||
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|[[FAM|fam]]||''deprecated''||File Alteration Monitor. (deprecated) | |[[FAM|fam]]||''deprecated''||File Alteration Monitor. (deprecated) | ||
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|[[miniDLNA]]||minidlna.service||simple DLNA/UPnP media server | |[[miniDLNA]]||minidlna.service||simple DLNA/UPnP media server | ||
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| + | |?||[[NetworkManager#3G_modem_not_detected|ModemManager.service]]||Makes Mobile broadband (3G) modem available to [[NetworkManager]] | ||
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|[[Music Player Daemon|mpd]]||mpd.service||Music Player Daemon. | |[[Music Player Daemon|mpd]]||mpd.service||Music Player Daemon. | ||
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|pure-ftpd||pure-ftpd.service|| A fast, production quality, standards-conformant FTP server. | |pure-ftpd||pure-ftpd.service|| A fast, production quality, standards-conformant FTP server. | ||
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| − | |[[readahead]]||systemd-readahead-collect.service | + | |[[Improve Boot Performance#readahead|Readahead]]||systemd-readahead-collect.service |
systemd-readahead-done.service | systemd-readahead-done.service | ||
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|[[x11vnc]]||x11vnc.service||VNC remote desktop daemon | |[[x11vnc]]||x11vnc.service||VNC remote desktop daemon | ||
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| + | |[[XDM|xdm]]||xdm.service||X display manager | ||
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| + | |[[XDM|xdm-archlinux]]||xdm-archlinux.service||X display manager with Arch Linux theme | ||
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Revision as of 07:59, 3 August 2013
Here is a list of daemons. Note that any package can provide a daemon, so this list will never be complete. Please feel free to add any missing daemons here, in alphabetical order. You may have packages that include other daemons from the AUR. These files will likely be located in /usr/lib/systemd/system/.
For each daemon the name of the script (for initscripts) and of the service (for systemd) is given.
| initscripts | systemd | Description |
|---|---|---|
| acpid | acpid.service | A daemon for delivering ACPI power management events with netlink support. |
| alsa | always on – alsa-store.service, alsa-restore.service | An alternative implementation of Linux sound support. |
| atd | atd.service | Run jobs queued for later execution. |
| autofs | autofs.service | A package that provides support for automounting removable media or network shares when they are inserted or accessed. |
| avahi-daemon | avahi-daemon.service | Allows programs to automatically find local network services. |
| avahi-dnsconfd | avahi-dnsconfd.service | Multicast/unicast DNS-SD framework. |
| bitlbee | bitlbee.service | Brings instant messaging (XMPP, MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, Twitter) to IRC. |
| bluetooth | bluetooth.service | Bluetooth protocol stack, framework, subsystem. |
| cdemud | cdemu-daemon.service | CD/DVD-ROM device emulator. |
| connmand | connman.service | Wireless LAN network manager. |
| chrony | chrony.service | Lightweight NTP client and server. |
| clamav | clamd.service
freshclamd.service |
Anti-virus toolkit for Unix. |
| cpupower | cpupower.service | Linux kernel tool to examine and tune power saving related features of processor. |
| craftbukkit | not yet implemented | CraftBukkit Minecraft server |
| crond | cronie.service (if using cronie) or dcron.service (if using dcron) | Daemon to schedule and time events. The daemon name crond is used by at least two packages, cronie and dcron. |
| cupsd | cups.service | The CUPS Printing System daemon. |
| dbus | always on – dbus.service | Freedesktop.org message bus system. |
| dcron | dcron.service | Daemon to schedule and time events. The daemon name crond is used by at least two packages, cronie and dcron. cronie is the default cron implementation for Arch. |
| sockd | sockd.service | A circuit-level SOCKS client/server. |
| deluged | deluged.service | Cross-platform and full-featured BitTorrent client. |
| deluge-web | deluge-web.service | A BitTorrent client with multiple user interfaces in a client/server model. |
| dhcpcd | dhcpcd@.service | DHCP daemon. Insert the network interface after @ ('dhcpcd@eth0.service'). |
| dovecot | dovecot.service | IMAP and POP3 server. |
| dropboxd | not yet implemented | Cross-platform file synchronisation with version control. |
| fail2ban | fail2ban.service | Fail2ban scans log files and bans IPs that show the malicious signs. |
| fam | deprecated | File Alteration Monitor. (deprecated) |
| fancontrol | fancontrol.service | Fan control daemon (part of lm_sensors) |
| fbsplash | not yet implemented | Graphical boot splash screen for the user. |
| fluidsynth | fluidsynth.service | Software synthesizer |
| ftpd | ftpd.service | Inetutils ftp daemon |
| gdm | gdm.service | Gnome Display Manager (Login Screen) |
| git-daemon | git-daemon.socket | GIT daemon |
| gpm | gpm.service | Console mouse support. |
| hal | obsolete | Hardware Abstraction Layer. (Deprecated) |
| hddtemp | hddtemp.service | Hard drive temperature monitor daemon |
| healthd | healthd.service | A daemon which can be used to alert you in the event of a hardware health monitoring alarm (part of lm_sensors). |
| httpd | httpd.service | Apache HTTP Server (Web Server) |
| hwclock | Not a daemon as such, but on shutdown, updates hwclock to compensate for drift. Only run this daemon if ntpd is not running as both daemons adjust the hardware clock. | |
| i8kmon | i8kmon.service | Monitor the cpu temperature and fan status on Dell Inspiron laptops. |
| ifplugd | ifplugd@<interface>.service, ie: ifplugd@eth0.service | Start/stop network on network cable plugged in/out. |
| iptables | iptables.service | Load firewall rules. |
| ip6tables | ip6tables.service | Load firewall rules for ipv6. |
| irqbalance | irqbalance.service | Irqbalance is the Linux utility tasked with making sure that interrupts from your hardware devices are handled in as efficient a manner as possible. |
| kdm | kdm.service | KDE Display Manager (Graphical Login) |
| krb5-kadmind | krb5-kadmind.service | Kerberos 5 administration server |
| krb5-kdc | krb5-kdc.service | Kerberos 5 KDC |
| krb5-kpropd | krb5-kpropd.service | Kerberos 5 propagation server |
| laptop-mode | laptop-mode.service | Laptop Power Saving Tools |
| lighttpd | lighttpd.service | Lighttpd HTTP Server (Web Server). |
| libvirt | libvirtd.service | libvirt is a virtualization API and a daemon for managing virtual machines (VMs). |
| lxdm | lxdm.service | LXDE Display Manager (Graphical Login) |
| mdadm | mdadm.service | MD Administration (Linux Software RAID). |
| miniDLNA | minidlna.service | simple DLNA/UPnP media server |
| ? | ModemManager.service | Makes Mobile broadband (3G) modem available to NetworkManager |
| mpd | mpd.service | Music Player Daemon. |
| mysqld | mysqld.service | MySQL database server. |
| mythbackend | mythbackend.service | Backend for the MythTV digital video recording/home theater software. |
| named | named.service | The Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND) DNS server. |
| netfs | unused, handled automatically, see
remote-fs.target to manually execute scripts |
Mounts network file systems. |
| net-auto-wired | net-auto-wired.service | Netcfg replacement for network - connects to wired network
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| net-auto-wireless | net-auto-wireless.service | Netcfg replacement for network - connects to wireless network
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| net-profiles | netcfg.service
netcfg@<profile-name>.service |
Netcfg replacement for network - connects to profiles
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| network | (dynamic Ethernet) dhcpcd@<interface>.service | To bring up the network connections. |
| networkmanager | NetworkManager.service
NetworkManager-wait-online.service |
Replaces network, and provides configuration and detection for automatic network connections.
|
| nginx | nginx.service | Nginx HTTP Server and IMAP/POP3 proxy server (Web Server) |
| nscd | nscd.service | Name service cache daemon |
| ntpd | ntpd.service | Network Time Protocol daemon (client and server). |
| Ntop | ntop.service | Ntop is a network traffic probe based on libcap. |
| openntpd | openntpd.service | alternate Network Time Protocol daemon (client and server). |
| osspd | osspd.service | OSS Userspace Bridge. |
| openvpn | openvpn@<profile-name>.service | One for each vpn conf file saved like /etc/openvpn/<profile-name>.conf |
| pdnsd | pdnsd.service | Proxy DNS server with permanent caching. |
| php-fpm | php-fpm.service | FastCGI Process Manager for PHP |
| oss | oss.service | Open Sound System. Alternative to ALSA. |
| postgresql | postgresql.service | PostgreSQL database server. |
| postfix | postfix.service | |
| powernowd | not yet implemented | To adjust speed of CPU depending on system load. See also CPU Frequency Scaling |
| pptpd | pptpd.service | A Virtual Private Network (VPN) server using the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP). |
| prosody | prosody.service | XMPP server. |
| Pppd | ppp@provider.service | A daemon which implements the Point-to-Point Protocol for dial-up networking. |
| preload | preload.service | Makes applications run faster by prefetching binaries and shared objects. |
| psd | psd.service | Manages your browser's profile in tmpfs and periodically sync it back to your physical disk. |
| pure-ftpd | pure-ftpd.service | A fast, production quality, standards-conformant FTP server. |
| Readahead | systemd-readahead-collect.service
systemd-readahead-done.service systemd-readahead-drop.service systemd-readahead-replay.service |
Readahead for faster boot |
| rfkill | rfkill-block@.service
rfkill-unblock@.service |
(Un)block radio devices. A block@all or unblock@all instance (not to be enabled simultaneously) is started before any unblock@device or block@device, respectively. |
| rsyncd | rsyncd.service | Rsync daemon. |
| rsyslogd | rsyslog.service | The latest version of a system logger. |
| samba | smbd.service
nmbd.service winbindd.service |
File and print services for Microsoft Windows clients. |
| saned | saned@.service | To share the scanner system over network. |
| saslauthd | saslauthd.service | SASL authentication daemon |
| sensord | sensord.service | Sensor information logging daemon (part of lm_sensors) |
| sensors | lm_sensors.service | Hardware (temperature, fans etc) monitoring. |
| slim | slim.service | Simple Login Manager |
| smartd | smartd.service | Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T) Hard Disk Monitoring |
| smbnetfs | smbnetfs.service | To automatically mount Samba/Microsoft network shares. |
| snmpd | snmpd.service | A suite of applications used to implement SNMP |
| soundmodem | not yet implemented | Multiplatform Soundcard Packet Radio Modem |
| spamd | spamassassin.service | e-mail spam filtering service. |
| sshd | sshd.service (permanent)
sshd.socket (on-demand) |
OpenSSH (secure shell) daemon. |
| stunnel | stunnel.service | Allows encrypting arbitrary TCP connections inside SSL. |
| svnserve | svnserve.service | Subversion server |
| syslogd | deprecated | This was the older and basic system logger. |
| syslog-ng | syslog-ng.service | System logger next generation. |
| timidity++ | timidity.service | Software synthesizer for MIDI. |
| tor | tor.service | Onion routing for anonymous communication. |
| transmissiond | transmission.service | Bit Torrent Daemon. |
| ufw | ufw.service | Uncomplicated FireWall. |
| vboxservice | vboxservice.service | VirtualBox Guest Service |
| vnStat | vnstat.service | Lightweight network traffic monitor |
| vsftpd | vsftpd.service (permanent)
vsftpd.socket (on-demand) vsftpd-ssl.service (permanent) vsftpd-ssl.socket (on-demand) |
FTP server. |
| wicd | wicd.service | Combine with dbus to replace network, a lightweight alternative to NetworkManager.
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| x11vnc | x11vnc.service | VNC remote desktop daemon |
| xdm | xdm.service | X display manager |
| xdm-archlinux | xdm-archlinux.service | X display manager with Arch Linux theme |