stephen goldman wrote: > > Hello List, > I am getting familar with CentOS and using Rel 4.6. My goal is to > get a automated update *(email)* of system updates. > I found the link below in the WIKI. Additionally I have enable "yum" > to run as a service int 345 and started it. > yum update from the command line works fine- > > There are three scripts indicated on the web link below : > > http://wiki.centos.org/YumCheckOrInstallUpdates > ... > > ** > /_I am not sure what to do with the information provided. Can others > point me in a direction please_/.. > the wiki page is suggesting you CREATE those three scripts. any script in /etc/cron.daily gets run once a day. that yum.cron script reads the values in /etc/sysconfig/yum-check and either does the updates, or runs the /usr/bin/yum-check script as instructed.