Hi, If a daemon is not listening on a port, how is it's services used (accessed) - is it similar to a module interface, i.e. register file_op structure? Thanks, Ahmed. --- Seth Arnold <sarnold@wirex.com> wrote: > 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 > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
