On 07/09/2012 04:26 PM, P. Larry Nelson wrote:
> 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
>

Hi Larry,

    I usually do not read root's mail.  I wonder if there
is a way to read it with Thunderbird without setting up
sendmail.  Hmmm.

-T