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+