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Re: how do I disable background updates?
From:
Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:14:34 +0100
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On 10 July 2012 00:11, Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 10 July 2012 00:03, Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> According to /var/log/yum.log, something is doing back
>> ground updates.
>>
>> This morning the flash-plugin updated after I downgraded
>> it yesterday and I got a libvirt updated that crashed
>> my VMs.  I did not ask for these updates.  I am afraid to go
>> on the Internet!
>>
>> How do I turn off these background updates?
>
> I'd suggest looking at the output returned by --
>
> sudo yum list yum-\*

Just checked for myself. The yum-cron package looks as if it is the
guilty party.

Name        : yum-cron
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 3.2.29
Release     : 30.el6
Size        : 35 k
Repo        : rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6
Summary     : Files needed to run yum updates as a cron job
License     : GPLv2+
Description : These are the files needed to run yum updates as a cron job.
            : Install this package if you want auto yum updates
nightly via cron.

Alan.

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