At Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:15:38 +0800 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > I'm curious. If I do yum update (which include kernel update) but don't reboot. > Is it OK? I mean apart of the kernel, other things like services, we > don't have to reboot if we don't have the chance to do it (postponing > to some other date), right? Yes, you only *need* to reboot to pick up a new kernel. Unlike MS-Windows, none of the other updates *require* a reboot. Note: if glibc (or other widely used shared libraries) is updated it (they) won't get picked up unless *ALL* of the processes that use it (them) are restarted. > > Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments