[LON-CAPA-admin] You probably want to update your machines

[Gerd Kortemeyer]

Hi,

On Sep 26, 2014, at 9:13 AM, Lucas, Mark <lucasm at ohio.edu> wrote:
> 
> When updating, I’m presuming that this does not require a reboot to take hold since this should
> immediately replace the bash executable. Is there a risk that apache children somehow have a
> bash image in memory?

According to the FAQ section of

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223

rebooting or restarting of services is not required unless “you have a strong reason to suspect that a system was compromised.”

I tested the update on a virtual machine, and it appears to be seamless.

- Gerd.