Re: Security updates - slight confusion
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On 10/24/06 06:30, Ken Walker wrote:
> I'm getting a little confused about security updates
>
> I'm using Debian stable and daily do the apt-get update/upgrade.
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> But when a package has a security update, do i have to start/stop specific
> applications.
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> Like today, Python was updated due to a security fix.
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> Is there any application i have to start/stop or does the apt-get update
> refresh all using applications.
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> How would i know what to start stop as regards Python.
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> The machine in question is a file server and not the sort of thing i would
> like to reboot on every update.
apt-get will restart any Debianized daemons (exim, postfix,
smbd/nmbd, etc, etc, ad nauseum).
All non-Debianized daemons and interactive apps will have to be
manually restarted.
lib* upgrades (*probably*) also require manually restarting
dependent apps. libc6 upgrades pretty much require a machine
bounce, since so much other stuff requires it.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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