NEEDRESTART(1) User Commands NEEDRESTART(1)
NAME
needrestart - needrestart
DESCRIPTION
needrestart checks which daemons need to be restarted after library up-
grades.
USAGE
Usage:
needrestart [-(v|q)] [-n] [-c <cfg>] [-r <mode>] [-f <fe>] [-u
<ui>] [-(b|p)] [-kl]
-v be more verbose
-q be quiet
-m <mode>
set level of technical details
e (e)asy mode
a (a)dvanced mode
-n set default answer to 'no'
-c <cfg>
config filename
-r <mode>
set restart mode
l (l)ist only
i (i)nteractive restart
a (a)utomatically restart
ATTENTION: If needrestart is configured to run in interactive
mode but is run non-interactive (i.e. unattended-upgrades) it
will fallback to list only mode.
-b enable batch mode
-p nagios plugin mode: makes output and exit codes nagios compati-
ble
-f <fe>
override debconf(7) frontend, sets the DEBIAN_FRONTEND environ-
ment variable to <fe>
-t <seconds>
When checking running interpreter processes, allow process start
times that are close to timestamps of files the interpreter
uses, within this tolerance (default 2). The default value of 2
seconds is best for checks of Linux hosts, on which system limi-
tations prevent more accurate measurements of process start
times. Values higher than 0 should prevent false positives yet
may in extreme cases cause false negatives; values higher than 2
should not be necessary.
-u <ui>
use preferred UI package (-u ? shows available packages)
By using one of the following options only the specified checks are
performed:
-k check for obsolete kernel
-l check for obsolete libraries
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables can be used to override the config
file options. Command line parameters do always supersede them.
NEEDRESTART_MODE
Change the configured restart mode (see also the -r parameter):
(l)ist only, (i)nteractive or (a)utomatically
When used with apt-get(8) needrestart supports the following additional
environment variables:
DEBIAN_FRONTEND
The debconf(7) frontend to use, can also set using the -f param-
eter.
NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND
If set to a non-empty value the apt-get(8) hook will not run
needrestart after installing or updating packages.
AUTHOR
Thomas Liske <thomas@fiasko-nw.net>
COPYRIGHT
2013 - 2022 (C) Thomas Liske [http://fiasko-nw.net/~thomas/]
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
UPSTREAM
https://github.com/liske/needrestart
needrestart January 2015 NEEDRESTART(1)
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