Generates a list of RPM packages for listening services that may require a restart with an upgrade.

rpm.services.list.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Generates a list of RPM packages for listening services that may result in services being restarted during a upgrade.
# These probably should not be upgraded automatically in a production environment.

netstat -plntu |
grep -o '[0-9]*/' |
tr -d / |
sort -u |
xargs -r -i stat -c "%N" /proc/{}/exe |
tr -d "\`'" |
cut -d" " -f3 |
xargs -r rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}\n' -f |
grep -v 'not owned' |
sort |
uniq

# To view the start times (and other info) of listening processes:
netstat -plntu |
grep -o '[0-9]*/' |
tr -d / |
xargs -r ps u -p