[root@phi sysconfig]# head yum-autoupdate
# This file controls the configuration of yum-autoupdate
# For it to work as expected it should be /etc/sysconfig/yum-autoupdate

# ENABLED
#     true - Run yum-autoupdate
#     false - Do not run yum-autoupdate (default)
#   + anything other than true defaults to false
ENABLED="true"

false is the "default" according to the file but true is the actual
shipped value.

Yes, it's not 1993. But that doesn't mean autoupdate is a good idea for
a system that is meant for more advanced users. Yes, Microsoft should
have autoupdate for their bug ridden OS that's run on hundreds of
millions of computers that most users don't know how to update. But for
SL linux, I should hope that the typical admin isn't just an average user.

On 07/31/2013 12:12 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:36:18AM -0400, Vincent Liggio wrote:
>> I just installed SL 6.4 on a test blade and magically last night
>> yum-autoupdate ran and updated bind. The default for yum-autoupdate in
>> /etc/sysconfig/yum-autoupdate is supposed to be ENABLED="false" but the
>> actual value is set to true by default.
> 
> Where is the bug?
> 
> Automatic updates have always been enabled by default for as long as I remember.
> 
> Today is 2013 not 1993, the Internet is not a gentlemen's club anymore and
> keeping up with updates on Internet-connected devices is no longer optional.