From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 29 16: 4:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-server2.tampabay.rr.com (smtp-server2.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.1.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BF0937B406 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:04:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcraig03@tampabay.rr.com) Received: from athlon (24129137hfc88.tampabay.rr.com [24.129.137.88]) by smtp-server2.tampabay.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f7TN4Nm12568; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:04:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000801c130de$f29c7f60$8d24fea9@tampabay.rr.com> From: "Jon Craig" To: , References: <6C5913137AC8D4119A1800902794313E1053C6@ISTECH4> Subject: Re: Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:04:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 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 Here it is: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/projects/t1glossary2000/_disk_and_execution_monit or.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Gould" To: "Jonathan Hilgeman" ; "'Erik Trulsson'" Cc: ; Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:53 PM Subject: RE: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message