yum-updatesd.conf (5) - Linux Manuals

yum-updatesd.conf: Configuration file for yum-updatesd(8).

NAME

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)