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Comments and suggestions concerning this book should be mailed to gmourani@videotron.ca © Copyright 1999-2000 Gerhard Mourani and Open Network Architecture ® 30 [root@deep /]# rpm -e sendmail · The Pump DHCP package allows individual diskless clients on an network to get their own IP network configuration information from network servers. [Unnecessary] · The mt (for magnetic tape drives) and st (for SCSI tape devices) tape drive management programs can control rewinding, ejecting, skipping files, blocks and more. [Necessary only if you have a tape backup on this server] · The eject package contains eject program that allows the user to eject removable media (typically CD-ROMs, floppy disks, Iomega Jaz or Zip disks) using software control. [Necessary only if you have a tape backup on this server] · Metamail program that uses the mailcap reads the mailcap file to determine how it should display non-text or multimedia material. [Unnecessary] · The apmd package or advanced Power Management daemon utilities can watch your notebook's battery and warn all users when the battery is low. [Unnecessary for a server] · The kernel-pcmcia-cs package is for laptop machines (and some non-laptops) that support PCMCIA cards for expansion. [Unnecessary for a server] · The linuxconf package is a system configuration tool. [Unnecessary, buggy program] · The getty_ps package contains programs that are used to accept logins on the console or a terminal on your system. [Unnecessary] · The setconsole package is a basic system utility for setting up the “/etc/inittab”, “/dev/systty” and “/dev/console” files to handle a new console. [Unnecessary] · The isapnptools package contains utilities for configuring ISA Plug-and-Play (PnP) cards/boards. [Unnecessary] · The setserial package is a basic system utility for displaying or setting serial port information. [Unnecessary] · The kudzu package is a hardware probing tool run at system boot time to determine what hardware has been added or removed from the system. [Unnecessary] · The raidtools package includes the tools you need to set up and maintain a software RAID device on a Linux system. [Depending if you use Raid or not] · The GnuPG package is a tool for secure communication and data storage. It is a replacement for the PGP software. It can also be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. [We will compile it later on our book] · The redhat-logos package contains files of the Red Hat "Shadow Man" logo and the RPM logo. [Unnecessary on a server machine] · The redhat-release package contains the Red Hat Linux release file. [Unnecessary] · The gd package allows your code to quickly draw images and write out the result as a “.gif” file. [Unnecessary]