Re: Checking for services to be restarted on a default Debian installation

2014-09-01 Thread Mikko Rapeli
Long ago I started one thread about making security updates effective, so... On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 08:48:25PM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > My questions to this list: > - Do people agree that this would be something that's good to have in a > default installation? Are there drawbacks? Well,

Re: Checking for services to be restarted on a default Debian installation

2014-09-01 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Thijs Kinkhorst (2014-09-01): > My questions to this list: > - Do people agree that this would be something that's good to have in > a default installation? Are there drawbacks? Having to know about debian-goodies always looked awkward to me. A dedicated, easy to identify package looks like a n

Checking for services to be restarted on a default Debian installation

2014-09-01 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Hi all, When using APT to install security updates, by default services using the upgraded libraries are not restarted. Take for example openssl updates: merely doing apt-get update && apt-get upgrade is not enough to be safe: you also need to restart Apache, Postfix, ... Although well-trained