On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:55, Mark Shuttleworth <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Some security updates are not active until you reboot. Period. If there is a > security problem in your kernel, you need a new kernel, and you need to boot > it. We're done a lot of work to minimise the number of cases where that's > important, but I'm not aware of any way to eliminate the occasional > requirement of a reboot.
There is a way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice And it's already in the repos: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ksplice That's the kernel part. Some things, like changing a user's list of groups, still require logging out and in again. But there's no fundamental reason for a reboot. -- Remco _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
