Virtual Private Server User Guide

Network Servers and Server Applications

Network 

Description Server  Execution 

Service 

Application  

Mode 

Name 

HTTP / 

Serves Web 

Apache 

Standalone 

HTTPS 

pages in both 

(httpd) 

standard and 

secure modes 

SMTP Sends 

outbound Sendmail Standalone 

mail from the 

server and 

receives inbound 

mail to the server 

FTP Efficient, 

platform 

ProFTPd Xinetd 

independent file 

Spawned 

transfer 

SSH 

Secure login and 

SSHD Standalone 

remote shell 

access 

Telnet Login 

and 

remote 

Telnetd Xinetd 

shell access 

Spawned 

POP3 / 

Provides remote 

Qpopper  

Xinetd 

POP3S 

retrieval of waiting 

Spawned 

e mail messages 

in both standard 

and secure 

modes 

IMAP4 / 

Provides retrieval, 

IMAPd Xinetd 

IMAP4S 

storage and 

Spawned 

management of 

e mail messages 

in both standard 

and secure 

modes 

netbios 

Provides direct 

Samba (smbd 

Xinetd 

ssn / 

file sharing with 

/ nmbd) 

Spawned 

netbios 

Microsoft 

ns 

Windows PCs 

MySQL Network 

Mysqld Standalone 

accessible SQL 

database service 

Each of these network services and the server applications that power them are 

described in the Provided Services and Applications section of this guide. 

Technical Training Department

August 2004

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