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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I am getting familar with
CentOS and using Rel 4.6. My goal is to get a automated update *(email)* of
system updates.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found the link below in the WIKI. Additionally I
have enable "yum" to run as a service int 345 and started it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>yum update from the command line works
fine-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> There are three scripts
indicated on the web link below :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="">http://wiki.centos.org/YumCheckOrInstallUpdates</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>usr/bin/yum-check
( not on the machine)</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>/etc/cron.daily/yum.cron: ( not on the
machine)</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV>there a is file named yum.cron at this location-</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[root@bmc-4 cron.daily]# cat yum.cron
<BR>#!/bin/sh</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/yum ];
then<BR> /usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0
-y update yum<BR> /usr/bin/yum -R 10
-e 0 -d 0 -y shell /etc/yum/yum-daily.yum<BR>fi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>etc/sysconfig/yum-check: (not on the machine)</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><U>I am not sure what to do with the
information provided. Can others point me in a direction
please</U></EM>..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The documentation is not clear.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen </FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen Goldman<BR>Systems Administrator<BR>MIT
Biology<BR>617-452-2595 <BR><A
href="mailto:sgoldman@mit.edu">sgoldman@mit.edu</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>