yum-updatesd.conf (5) Linux Manual Page
yum-updatesd.conf – Configuration file for yum-updatesd(8).
Description
yum-updatesd uses a configuration file at /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf. Additional configuration information is read from the main yum.conf (5) configuration file.
Parameters
There is one section in the yum-updatesd configuration file, main, which defines all of the global configuration options.
[main] OPTIONS
The [main] section must exist for yum-updatesd to do anything. It consists of the following options:
run_interval- Number of seconds to wait between checks for available updates.
updaterefresh- Minimum number of seconds between update information refreshes to avoid hitting the server too often.
emit_via- List of ways to emit update notification. Valid values are `email’, `dbus’ and `syslog’.
do_update- Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be automatically applied. Defaults to False.
do_download- Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be automatically downloaded. Defaults to False.
do_download_deps- Boolean option to automatically download dependencies of packages which need updating as well. Defaults to False.
Mail Options
email_to- List of email addresses to send update notification to. Defaults to `root [at] localhost’.
email_from- Email address for update notifications to be from. Defaults to `yum-updatesd [at] localhost’.
smtp_server- SMTP server to use when sending mail, host or a host:port string. Defaults to `localhost:25′.
Syslog Options
syslog_facility- What syslog facility should be used. Defaults to `DAEMON’.
syslog_level- Level of syslog messages. Defaults to `WARN’.
Files
/etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf
See Also
yum-updatesd(8) yum.conf(5)