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This is a list of Unix daemons that are found on various Unix-like operating systems. Unix daemons typically have a name ending with a d.
Listens for network connection requests. If a request is accepted, it can launch a background daemon to handle the request, was known as the super server for this reason. Some systems use the replacement command xinetd.
Processes NFS operation requests from client systems. Historically each nfsd daemon handled one request at a time, so it was normal to start multiple copies.
ntpd
Network Time Protocol daemon that manages clock synchronization across the network. xntpd implements the version 3 standard of NTP.
^ abRosen, Kenneth H.; Host, Douglas A.; Klee, Rachel (2006), UNIX: the complete reference, Complete Reference Series (2nd ed.), McGraw-Hill Professional, p. 514, ISBN0-07-226336-9
^Stevens, W. Richard; Fenner, Bill; Rudoff, Andrew M. (2004), UNIX Network Programming: The sockets networking API, Addison-Wesley professional computing series (3rd ed.), Addison-Wesley Professional, p. 372, ISBN0-13-141155-1
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