[CentOS] Is reboot needed after updating kernel, glibc, database?

[John R. Dennison]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:16:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote:
> A reboot should be only necessary when kernel has been upgraded. or you 
> go with ksplice (www.ksplice.com)

Please do not top-post.

A reboot is also required in the cases of a glibc update unless you take
the time to restart all services that are running and logout and then
log back in to interactive shell sessions.




							John

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