Jochen Spieker <[email protected]> writes:
> Sven Hartge:
>> Darac Marjal <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 05:52:49PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Look at checkrestart in the debian-goodies package.
>>
>>> Or alternatively, if you're on testing or newer (or can accept a
>>> backport), try needrestart (in its own package) which will inform you
>>> after a dpkg run which services need restarting.
>>
>> needrestart is also available in the official backports.
>
> Thanks for that hint! This should really be installed by default. I
> wonder how many systems regularly stay vulnerable even after installing
> security patches, just because admins don't realize they may have to
> restart some services manually.
>
And this is why simply rebooting after significant patches is a good
idea.
Mart
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