I read somewhere, that one of the issues was choking on sending emails..due to sending to nobody account. I guess I will have to wait and look for errors. I do know that it was always on and had never told me there was an update available when logging in as root.
below is my configuration of /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf that works on Fedora 8
# cat /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf [main] # how often to check for new updates (in seconds) run_interval = 3600 # how often to allow checking on request (in seconds) updaterefresh = 600
# how to send notifications (valid: dbus, email, syslog) emit_via = syslog
# automatically install updates do_update = yes # automatically download updates do_download = yes # automatically download deps of updates do_download_deps = yes
(I never tried e-mail notifications)
Craig
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