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NAME

6       dnf-needs-restarting - DNF needs_restarting Plugin
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8       Check for running processes that should be restarted.
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SYNOPSIS

11       dnf needs-restarting [-u] [-r]
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DESCRIPTION

14       needs-restarting  looks  through  running processes and tries to detect
15       those that use files from packages that have  been  updated  after  the
16       given process started. Such processes are reported by this tool.
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18       Note  that  in most cases a process should survive update of its binary
19       and libraries it is using without requiring to be restarted for  proper
20       operation.  There  are however specific cases when this does not apply.
21       Separately, processes often need to be restarted  to  reflect  security
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OPTIONS

25       All  general  DNF  options  are accepted, see Options in dnf(8) for de‐
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28       -u, --useronly
29          Only consider processes belonging to the running user.
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32          Only report whether a reboot is required (exit code 1) or not  (exit
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36              Only list the affected systemd services.
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CONFIGURATION

39       /etc/dnf/plugins/needs-restarting.d/
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41       /etc/dnf/plugins/needs-restarting.d/pkgname.conf
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43       Packages  can be added to needs-restarting via conf files in config di‐
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46       More than one package is allowed in each file (one  package  per  line)
47       although it is advised to use one file for each package.
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51          echo "dwm" > /etc/dnf/plugins/needs-restarting.d/dwm.conf
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AUTHOR

54       See AUTHORS in your Core DNF Plugins distribution
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57       2022, Red Hat, Licensed under GPLv2+
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624.3.1                            Sep 23, 2022          DNF-NEEDS-RESTARTING(8)
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