[indiana-discuss] reducing the number of services started at boot

[Richard Lowe]

Alexey Ushakov <Alexey.Ushakov at Sun.COM> writes:

> Hi Alberto,
>
>>
>>     # uname -a
>>     SunOS whitestar1-9.East.Sun.COM <http://whitestar1-9.East.Sun.COM>
>>     5.11 snv_68 i86pc i386 i86pc
>>     # svcs
>>     STATE          STIME    FMRI
>>     legacy_run     17:20:14 lrc:/etc/rcS_d/S50sk98sol
>>     legacy_run     17:21:54 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S10lu
>>     legacy_run     17:21:55 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S20sysetup
>>     legacy_run     17:21:55 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S40llc2
>>     legacy_run     17:21:55 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S42ncakmod
>>     legacy_run     17:21:55 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S47pppd 
>>
>>
>> I wonder if this is the pppd daemon for point to point protocol 
>> (modems), I would only start it if the installer detects a modem 
>> installed.
>>
> pppd is used for vpn connections as well. (Some ISPs use it for 
> delivering internet for the clients)
>

It's also almost certainly not actually running.  legacy_run (as you
can see) represents old-style SysV init services, SMF can't actually
tell if they did anything, daemonized, or whatever, only that they
exist.

-- Rich