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