[TriLUG] the xinetd service sgi_fam

[Jeff Groves]

David:

Close, but no. 

Change the line in the file that says "disabled = yes" to "disabled = 
no".  If there is no "disabled" line, I guess that you add one that says 
"disabled=no".

Jeff G.

David McDowell wrote:

>sgi-fam is a security-related daemon that can monitor system file 
>integrity and network access attempts.
>
>This is the basics of what I can find about this xinetd service.  I'm
>running CentOS 3.4 and also find sgi_fam to be annoying in FC3 as
>well.  In the end, what occurs is that I cannot umount a SMB share b/c
>sgi_fam won't let it go.  I forgot to take a note, but last time this
>happened I did something like fuser kill with a couple options...
>iirc.
>
>Anyway, the main point of my query is this: is sgi_fam necessary for
>anything??  If not, I'd like to disable it completely as it keeps
>getting in my way.  In my attemps to do so, I seem to be failing to
>disable it.  I edited /etc/xinetd.d/sgi_fam and the top line is:
>
>#default: on
>
>so I figured I should add this line under that:
>
>default: off   #since this line isn't commented it should work right?
>
>I did service xinetd restart and reload and neither caused sgi_fam to
>turn off.  I also happened to have a new kernel to boot to, so I
>rebooted and sgi_fam is still on!
>
>thanks,
>David McD
>  
>


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