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Old 10th June 2008
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Originally Posted by aleunix View Post
Which for example?
Daemons use syslogd(8). As I mentioned above in http://daemonforums.org/showpost.php?p=5823&postcount=2 sendmail is used for security(8) and the daily(8) management scripts.
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However in this manner i have release additional memory.

$top
SIZE RES COMMAND
1124K 1496K sendmail
In the event memory is needed, sendmail will be paged out or swapped out as the OS determines necessary. There is no "savings" from your change if you have swap space defined.

In addition, you have shown yourself concerned about security. Shutting down sendmail prevents you from seeing the results of security(8) output, which security-conscious admins should be reading every day.
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I have also disabled the service ssh!
You were asked during install if you wanted sshd(8) to be started. Had you replied "No" sshd would not be enabled in /etc/rc.conf.local.
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