On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:34:36AM +0000, Ronny Adsetts wrote: > Stefan Neufeind was heard to utter, at roughly 18/03/04 10:24: > > >On 18 Mar 2004 at 10:03, Ronny Adsetts wrote: > > > >>Whilst doing security upgrades this morning for openssl, it occurred to > >> me that lots of software that uses the openssl libraries will not > >>automatically get restarted and will therefore still be running with > >>old libraries and therefore be vulnerable. I usually do this by hand > >>for the most obvious programs, but that can often get overlooked or > >>things get missed. > >> > >Try using command "lsof". Will show you the open files, by which program > >they are opened and if there status is "deleted" (replaced library). > >Should help you in this case ... > > Excellent, thanks. Knew there was a real easy way to do this! Now to knock > up a script that uses this information to restart the correct app.
Such a script exists in testing package: debian-goodies filename: /usr/bin/checkrestart Regards Jan
