Chapter 6

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1.	What is a daemon?
2.	What daemon is responsible for scheduling tasks?
3.	Why is your birth date not a good password?
4.	What protocol is used for sending e-mail?
5.	What protocol is used for receiving e-mail?
6.	What KDE utility would you use to find out how much memory is being used by your system?
7.	What is the purpose of the KDE control center?

Answers

1.	A program that runs in the background. In Windows, this is called a service.
2.	crond
3.	It would be too easy for someone to guess.
4.	SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
5.	POP3 (Post Office Protocol)
6.	The System Monitor
7.	To provide a single, convenient location from which to accomplish many common administration tasks.

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