From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 29 15:52:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from camcolo2-smrly1.gtei.net (camcolo2-smrly1.gtei.net [128.11.173.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C75F137B40A for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:52:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org) Received: from istech4.shannonhealth.org (istech4.shannonhealth.org [4.18.79.4]) by camcolo2-smrly1.gtei.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBFED15D96; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:52:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: by ISTECH4 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:53:43 -0500 Message-ID: <6C5913137AC8D4119A1800902794313E1053C6@ISTECH4> From: Andrew Gould To: Jonathan Hilgeman , 'Erik Trulsson' Cc: "'freebsd@masspostroad.net'" , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:53:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I recall reading somewhere that daemon stood for "Disk And Execution MONitor." I can't remember the source; so I don't know how valid the explanation is. Andrew > ---------- > From: Erik Trulsson[SMTP:ertr1013@student.uu.se] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:32 PM > To: Jonathan Hilgeman > Cc: 'freebsd@masspostroad.net'; 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' > Subject: Re: > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 02:22:57PM -0700, Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > > Theory #1139: > > A demon is thought to be a supernatural being that has limited power, > but > > its power cannot be used unless it is invoked. Likewise, a daemon sits > in > > the background and HAS power, but it doesn't use it unless it is called > or > > invoked. > > > > - Jonathan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew P. Marino [mailto:freebsd@masspostroad.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:08 AM > > To: Iridium Ronin > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: > > > > > > daemon/demon, it's a trivial word play. Now why they called them daemon > is > > another issue. I'm sure there's a very deep logical reason that any > computer > > scientist PHD would understand. > > From the FreeBSD Handbook: > > We call these programs daemons. Daemons were characters in > Greek mythology; neither good or evil, they were little > attendant spirits that, by and large, did useful things for > mankind. Much like the web servers and mail servers of today do > useful things. This is why the BSD mascot has, for a long time, > been the cheerful looking daemon with sneakers and a pitchfork. > > > > (Hint: Read the documentation. There is a lot of useful and/or > interesting stuff there.) > > > -- > > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message