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> The XFree86-xfs package is a font server for XFree86 that can also serve fonts to other X servers remotely. <EM
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users on the server. <EM
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> The nfs-utils package provides the tools and daemon for the kernel <SPAN
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services on your server. <EM
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connection. <EM
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> The rsh-server package provides the servers needed for (rsh, rlogin, rcp) which allow users to run remote access commands on remote machines. <EM
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> The routed package routing daemon maintains current routing tables by handling incoming <SPAN
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Unnecessary, <EM
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> The rusers package program allows users to find out who is logged into various machines on the local network. <EM
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> The rwall-server package contains the daemon which allows receiving remote messages from users in remote hosts. <EM
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> The rwho package shows who is logged in for all machines on the local network running the rwho daemon. <EM
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> The talk-server package provides the daemon program, which allows you to chat via terminal with other users on remote
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<SPAN
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> The tftp-server package provides the server for (TFTP), which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine. <EM
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>Security risks, Unnecessary.</EM
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> -Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol used for network management. <EM
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> The ypbind package is a daemon which binds <SPAN
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> server. <EM
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>Security risks, we don't use it on our server.</EM
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> The ypserv package is the <SPAN
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> -Network Information Service server, which provides network information (NIS) to all of the machines on a network. <EM
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>Security risks, we don't use it on our server</EM
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> The XFree86-libs package contains the shared libraries that most X programs need to run properly. <EM
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> The libpng package contains a library of functions for creating and manipulating GIF image format files. GIF is a bit-mapped graphics format similar to the GIF
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> The XFree86-75dpi-fonts package contains the 75 dpi fonts (the standard fonts) used on most X Window Systems. <EM
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