NAME

       dnf-needs-restarting - DNF needs_restarting Plugin

       Check for running processes that should be restarted.

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       needs-restarting  looks  through running processes and tries to detect those that use files from packages
       that have been updated after the given process started. Such processes are reported by this tool.

       Note that in most cases a process should survive update of its binary and libraries it is  using  without
       requiring  to  be  restarted  for  proper  operation. There are however specific cases when this does not
       apply. Separately, processes often need to be restarted to reflect security updates.

OPTIONS

       All general DNF options are accepted, see Options in dnf(8) for details.

       -u, --useronly
          Only consider processes belonging to the running user.

       -r, --reboothint
          Only report whether a reboot is required (exit code 1) or not (exit code 0).

       -s, --services
              Only list the affected systemd services.

CONFIGURATION

       /etc/dnf/plugins/needs-restarting.d/

       /etc/dnf/plugins/needs-restarting.d/pkgname.conf

       Packages can be added to needs-restarting via conf files in config directory. Config files need  to  have
       .conf extension or will be ignored.

       More  than  one  package is allowed in each file (one package per line) although it is advised to use one
       file for each package.

       Example:

          echo "dwm" > /etc/dnf/plugins/needs-restarting.d/dwm.conf

AUTHOR

       See AUTHORS in your Core DNF Plugins distribution

COPYRIGHT

       2023, Red Hat, Licensed under GPLv2+

4.3.1                                             Jan 22, 2023                           DNF-NEEDS-RESTARTING(8)