Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > lee wrote: >> what is auditd for? The manpage doesn't tell me, and I can't find any >> documentation about it telling me what the purpose is. Is there >> anything that speaks against disabling it? > > $ man auditd > >> >> Similar with mcelog: What do I need that for? And benefits from it? I >> can probably just disable it. > > $ man mcelog > >> >> Do I need polkitd? It doesn't make sense to me; if I want to do >> something for which more permissions are required, I do it as root. So >> what's the benefit I would have from polkitd? > > $ man polkitd > > PolicyKit allows you to access/perform things without becoming root. I have read the man pages, did you? Nothing in them tells me whether I need these things or not and if I can just disable them or not. -- Fedora 17 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
