On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 02:50:35PM -0800, Ahmed A wrote: > What makes daemon a daemon, as apposed to a > non-daemon? Typically, just detaching from the terminal is sufficient to be called a daemon. > Does a daemon have to be listening on a port? Nope. :) But it does tend to provide a service of some sort, even if not tcp/ip. -- Nothing says, "Superpower" like bombing a country that is poor and hungry. -- Ken Brush
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