System Restart Required

Handling System Restart Required message on Debian / Ubuntu distributions

System restart required message is displayed when you log into the server

Checking Reboot Required Cause

You can check the content of the file /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs:

cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs

Viewing Changelogs of Packages requesting restart

To see the latest changelog of the package that requested the restart :

xargs apt-get changelog < /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs

Links

Handling System Restart Required on UbuntuLinux Handbook