On Thu, June 11, 2015 11:14 am, Kirk Bocek wrote: > > > On 6/11/2015 12:16 AM, Harold Toms wrote: >> On 10/06/15 17:07, Kirk Bocek wrote: >>> I've install yum-cron on a new CentOS 7 host and after a recent >>> update I am now getting daily repeating emails about that update >>> instead of the single notification I was expecting. Does anyone know >>> what's going on? >>> >>> Kirk >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> By default, yum-cron just downloads updates but does not install them, >> so the e-mail you receive shows a list of updates waiting to be >> applied. If you want it to do that you must change "apply_updates" in >> /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf from "no" to "yes". >> > > Right you are. Thanks. That was not the default in yum-cron on CentOS 6. > So much new in 7. The same feeling here. It feels like every new release of Windows always feels: everything is so different, and you need to go through rather steep learning curve just to learn how to find necessary tools. Which in case of Windows appears to be mere re-shuffling of the same old tools. Of course, RHEL/CenOS are different... Just not sure: should I add "rant" tags, or sent it as is ;-( Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++