[Novalug] Another service running, need advice

[Mike Shade]

I think that's a fair assessment.  I always disable it out of the box on 
RHEL and CentOS boxen.

-- Mike

Jay Hart wrote:
> Ok, got the "microcode" service running on a server which has a Via CPU.  The
> microcode service is to "update the Intel CPU microcode".
>
> I don't see a reason to run this service either, but it is. So, my guess is
> that I could "safely" stop and disable this service.
>
> What say you???
>
> Jay
>
>   
>> Yes I am referrring to the "name service cache daemon".  Based on your reply,
>> I've disabled that service for this machine.
>>
>>     
>>> On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 22:23 -0500, Jay Hart wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Do you need nscd running on a workstation that uses a static ip address, a
>>>> default gateway, and has an entry for a DNS server to get on the net?
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>>>         
>>> If by 'nscd' you are referring to the "name service cache daemon" then I
>>> don't even have it running on any of my machines, in fact I don't even
>>> have it installed.
>>>
>>> I do run 'dnsmasq' "DNS masquerade and forward" but only on my gateway
>>> machine and sometimes on my portable which move around a lot.
>>>
>>> The caching service provide by 'nscd' will only be of benefit to you if
>>> you have BOTH large passwd(5), group(5), and hosts(5) database and make
>>> use of programs that access those databases a whole whole lot.
>>>  IOW a lan-server host might get some gain by running it.
>>>
>>> -- DonJr
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>
>>     
>
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