=========================================================================== $NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.3 2004/03/28 22:00:04 minskim Exp $ FAM uses RPC and is usually started by the inetd(8) superserver. You need to enable it manually, by issuing the following steps: 1) Add FAM to the system's portmapper by appending the following line to the /etc/rpc file: sgi_fam 391002 fam # File Alteration Monitor 2) Add FAM to the system's superserver by appending the following line to the /etc/inetd.conf file: sgi_fam/1-2 stream rpc/tcp wait root ${PREFIX}/sbin/famd famd ===========================================================================