At 7:36 AM +0800 11/14/06, Ed Greshko wrote:
>Ian Pilcher wrote:
>> Don't ya just love it when new services pop up that are turned on by
>> default? I've read the description (rpm -qi) of nasd, and it sounds
>> really wonderful, if I had any interest in doing network-transparent
>> audio.
>>
>> Since I don't, does anyone know what's going to break if I turn it off?
>
>Nothing...most likely.
>
>But when you try to remove it, if there is a package that depends on it you
>will be told and the remove will not proceed.
Which brings up a good point: you can find out what package it's in and
try to remove it with yum (be sure not to have that auto-yes option
enabled!). That may give a hint at what uses it, and provide fodder for
googling. Something like:
[]# rpm -qf /path/to/nasd
[]# yum remove the-package-above
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