From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 31 21:03:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44EE316A503 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:03:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from lariat.net (lariat.net [65.122.236.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EDC643D49 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:03:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from anne-o1dpaayth1.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.net@lariat.net [65.122.236.2]) by lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA22245 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:02:57 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200610312102.OAA22245@lariat.net> X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:02:41 -0700 To: questions@freebsd.org From: Brett Glass Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1B9A6A6 Cc: Subject: nfsiod X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:03:01 -0000 I have no interest in running NFS (AKA "no file security") on my FreeBSD boxes, but have noticed that FreeBSD 6.x seems to start a daemon called "nfsiod" by default even when it is not configured as an NFS server or client. What's the best way to instruct the system not to start these processes, which take up resources and may be a security risk? Why isn't this done at sysinstall time? --Brett Glass