Hi Andras Horvath! On 2014.08.30 at 13:23:34 +0200, Andras Horvath wrote next: > Does the recent glibc update need a reboot to fully take effect? If you think the vulnerabilities (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html) might be exploited on your system for long-running applications, you need a reboot; personally I think it's unlikely, because locales are loaded only at applications startup (and they will start with new glibc from now on), so "directory traveral flaw" can't be exploited, and supplying arguments to iconv call for already running applications like system services isn't likely too. On production system, I'd be satisfied with restarting long-running software that might use different iconv calls in runtime, like database server (unless it's strictly for internal use). But if you worried, do a full reboot, it's the only way to reload glibc for some system applications (okay there are technically other ways, like going into single user mode, restarting init then going back, but it's just not worth it). -- Vladimir