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Introduction

The verifypatches script uses lsof to determine which files are currently loaded in memory that have been deleted on disk. In most cases, this indicates a shared library has been updated, but one or more of the applications that utilize that library have not been restarted to force the reload of the library.

Example Output

Output is emailed to the user, or displayed on the terminal:

Output of verifyupdates on host.example.com:

*** The following processes have no know affiliated service, and require a restart (or other undefined intervention) to reload:
	audispd
	automount
	avahi-dae
	brcm_iscs
	dbus-daem
	dsmcad
	hald
	hald-addo
	hald-runn
	irqbalanc
	logger
	mcstransd
	mingetty
	mysqld_sa
	nscd
	portmap
	python
	restoreco
	rpc.idmap
	rpc.statd
	runzope
	smartd
	udevd
	xfs


*** The following services can be restarted:
	service acpid restart
	service atd restart
	service auditd restart
	service cfexecd restart
	service conntrack-log restart
	service crond restart
	service exim restart
	service httpd restart
	service iscsid restart
	service mysqld restart
	service ntpd restart
	service rsyslogd restart
	service snmpd restart
	service openssh-daemon restart
	service xinetd restart