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yum-updatesd.conf(5) yum-updatesd configuration file yum-updatesd.conf(5)

NAME         top

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

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       There is one section in the yum-updatesd configuration file, main,
       which defines all of the global configuration options.

[main] OPTIONS         top

       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_deps
              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         top

       email_to
              List of email addresses to send update notification to.
              Defaults to `root@localhost'.

       email_from
              Email address for update notifications to be from.
              Defaults to `yum-updatesd@localhost'.

SYSLOG OPTIONS         top

       syslog_facility
              What syslog facility should be used.  Defaults to `DAEMON'.

       syslog_level
              Level of syslog messages.  Defaults to `WARN'.

FILES         top

       /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf

SEE ALSO         top

       yum-updatesd(8) yum.conf(5)

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Jeremy Katz                                          yum-updatesd.conf(5)

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