* Tino Keitel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050121 13:02]: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 11:03:08 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On 20 Jan 2005 14:45:52 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >Yes. Debian packages are supposed to be able to be installed and > > >start working without requiring any reboots. We've made this work > > >pretty well for libc and all kinds of hard cases; you can make it work > > >for yours too I'm sure.
> > This prompts a question I have been wanting to ask for ages: When a > > security update for, say, libc6, libssl or libz is installed, do I > > need to restart services or not? That's one of the question you ask > > three people and get five different answers. > Yes, you should restart the services, since the libraries are loaded by > the service when the it starts, and an upgrade won't replace libraries > in running services. I disagree. You should warn the administrator that he has to do that. Especially just restarting ssh is _very_ wrong IMHO, because it can easily kill the only access to a remote computer. Take a look how glibc does it, that's fine IMHO. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
