http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Daemon&feed=atom&action=historyDaemon - Revision history2024-03-28T14:45:06ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.18.0http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Daemon&diff=6667&oldid=prev66.83.151.234: the overreligious and underinformed are already paranoid enough about "daemons" without exacerbating it.2006-06-21T16:39:19Z<p>the overreligious and underinformed are already paranoid enough about "daemons" without exacerbating it.</p>
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</table>Ninereasonshttp://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Daemon&diff=6254&oldid=prevNinereasons: /* Prevent daemonic mischief */ case2006-05-10T17:15:56Z<p><span class="autocomment">Prevent daemonic mischief: </span> case</p>
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</table>Ninereasonshttp://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Daemon&diff=6253&oldid=prevNinereasons: prevent daemonic mischief2006-05-10T17:15:09Z<p>prevent daemonic mischief</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A '''daemon''' is a program that runs in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user.  If you are more familiar with DOS or early Windows, this kind of program would be known to you as a ''TSR'' (''Terminate and Stay Resident'') program.  In NT systems, you would refer to these as ''services''.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A '''daemon''' is a program that runs in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user.  If you are more familiar with DOS or early Windows, this kind of program would be known to you as a ''TSR'' (''Terminate and Stay Resident'') program.  In NT systems, you would refer to these as ''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>services<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>''.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Unix users might use the name ''daemon'', ''[[background processes]]'' and ''service'' with rough equivalence, especially when speaking to a general audience. </ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>130.94.162.133http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Daemon&diff=6249&oldid=prevNinereasons: word choice2006-05-09T23:33:19Z<p>word choice</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Loosely speaking, a ''daemon'' is any process that runs in the background (instead of interactively), and continues to run after the process dies that was used to start the ''daemon''.  In FreeBSD, ''daemons'' are ordinarily started by [[init]] at bootup, and stopped by [[init]] at shutdown.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Loosely speaking, a ''daemon'' is any process that runs in the background (instead of interactively), and continues to run after the process dies that was used to start the ''daemon''.  In FreeBSD, ''daemons'' are ordinarily started by [[init]] at bootup, and stopped by [[init]] at shutdown.</div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''daemon''' is a program that runs in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user. If you are more familiar with DOS or early Windows, this kind of program would be known to you as a ''TSR'' (''Terminate and Stay Resident'') program. In NT systems, you would refer to these as ''services''. <br />
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Loosely speaking, a ''daemon'' is any process that runs in the background (instead of interactively), and continues to run after the process dies that was used to start the ''daemon''. In FreeBSD, ''daemons'' are ordinarily started by [[init]] at bootup, and stopped by [[init]] at shutdown.<br />
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Unix users use might use the name ''daemon'' and ''service'' with rough equivalence, but usually only when speaking to a general audience. A "unix service" is never a ''daemon'' (it usually means that access to a unix system is provided), whereas a "Windows service" always means a ''daemon''-like process.<br />
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