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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Normally I only reboot about every 2-3 weeks no
matter what or how many things I install. However if you install something and
it's not working the way it should, or not at all try rebooting and see what
happens. Most likley it just needs to be re-installed. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JesterDev</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dnrlinux@san.rr.com href="mailto:dnrlinux@san.rr.com">Don</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=fedora-list@redhat.com
href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">Fedora-List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 12, 2004 4:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> How do I know when a reboot is
required?</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial size=2>With MS Windows,
it seems a reboot is required after nearly every software
update.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of the things
I like about UNIX/Linux is the overall design of things such that reboots are
not really part of the "problem resolution process".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I use up2date
to get a new httpd update, after it's installed I restart the httpd daemon....
similar for sshd updates etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial size=2>For a kernel I
reboot the whole machine....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial size=2>But, how do I know
what needs to be restarted/rebooted when updates to things like cron or glibc
are installed? To "be safe" I could always reboot the machine after installing
updates, but that seems unnecessary and certainly
unwanted.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363193123-12012004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>Don Russell</FONT></P>
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