On 7/9/12 6:11 PM, Alan Bartlett 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-\*
>
> Alan.

Todd,

More importantly - why are you not being notified by yum when the
background updates occur?  Yum should be sending email to root when
that happens.

Who does "root" point to in your /etc/aliases file (last line of the file)?

Also, I strongly suggest you subscribe to the scientific-linux-errata
email list (non-discussion) wherein Pat Riehecky sends out notices
of impending errata updates a day in advance.

- Larry

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