Services

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A page to help in understanding the services provided by SME Server

The format is

Service Name, and the default status

A short description

A link to further information on the wiki.

Supervised

SME_Server:Documentation:Developers_Manual:Section2#Process_startup.2C_supervision_and_shutdown SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#Supervised_Services

atalk

Apple Talk, enabled

AppleTalk is Apple's design of a simple, inexpensive and flexible network for connecting computers, peripheral devices, and servers.

SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter14#Accessing_the_i-bays

clamd

Clam Antivirus, enabled

The daemon listens for incoming connections on Unix and/or TCP socket and scans files or directories on demand.

DB_Variables_Configuration#Clam_AntiVirus_.28clamav.29

cvm-unix-local

Module for supervising cvm auth daemon.

dhcpd

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, set in console

DHCPD is the daemon used to dynamically configure TCP/IP information for client systems.

SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter6#Option_2:_Configure_this_server DB_Variables_Configuration#DHCP_daemon_.28dhcpd.29

dnscache

dnscache is a DNS cache, enabled

It accepts recursive DNS queries from local clients such as web browsers and mail transfer agents. It collects responses from remote DNS servers. It caches the responses to save time later.

dnscache.forwarder

if one is configured will pass DNS requests onto a corporate dns server

DB_Variables_Configuration#DNS_Cache_Forwarder_.28dnscache.forwarder.29

freshclam

Clam Antivirus

A utility to download new virus definitions.

DB_Variables_Configuration#Clam_AntiVirus_.28clamav.29

ftp

File Transfer protocol, disabled

FTP is a file transfer protocol for exchanging files over any TCP/IP based network

SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter11#FTP, insecure ie plain text passwords
PhpWebFtp, a secure alternative

httpd-admin

Web Server for /server-manager, enabled

SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter8

httpd-e-smith

Web Server for all other content, enabled

SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter14#i-bay_Directories

squid

Squid web proxy, enabled

Squid is a proxy server and web cache daemon.

SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter11#Proxy_settings

sshd

Secure shell, disabled

Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two computers.

SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter11#SSH

tinydns

Tiny DNS, enabled

A replacement for BIND - Tinydns does the authoritative nameserving, Dnscache does the recursive lookups.

SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter13#Domains

ulogd

Userspace logging, enabled

ulogd is a userspace logging daemon for netfilter/iptables related logging.

Non Supervised

nut

Nut UPS – Uninterruptable Power Supply, disabled

The primary goal of the Network UPS Tools (NUT) project is to provide reliable monitoring of UPS hardware and ensure safe shutdowns of the systems which are connected.

Uninterruptable_Power_Supply

smartd

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, disabled

(SMART) is built into many ATA-3 and later ATA, IDE and SCSI-3 hard drives. The purpose of SMART is to monitor the reliability of the hard drive and predict drive failures, and to carry out different types of drive self-tests.

Monitor_Disk_Health