Do I need sgi_fam?

[jkls]

Ok, I've found where it may be started.
It's in inetd.conf. So I wonder why it
is always running and do I actually need it?

jkls wrote:

> I am running Debian woody 3.0r1. I am not running X.
> I want to run samba, NFS, apache and sshd at least
> as far as servers go.
>
> When I type rpcinfo -p I see that sgi_fam is running.
> (SGI file access monitor)
> I am not running gdm etc. because I'm not using X.
> Do I need this service (ie for nfs or sthg)
> and if not where can I turn it off?
> I am not running xinetd which I understand sometimes
> enables it. I hav tried "grep -inr /etc" to see if it's listed in
> some conf file somewhere-which it is not.
> A small point but I have wasted quite some time on it.
>
> Regards,
> LS
>
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