Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] apply automatic updates

2018-08-10 Thread Ken Teh
Thank you. I think I will set it to yes on centos as well for the desktops. On 08/10/2018 11:23 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote: That is a bit of a complex question.  From the SL side I can point you towards:

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] apply automatic updates

2018-08-10 Thread Pat Riehecky
That is a bit of a complex question.  From the SL side I can point you towards: http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7x/x86_64/release-notes/#_sl_provides_automatic_updates On 08/10/2018 11:11 AM, Ken Teh wrote: I noticed that apply_updates in /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf is set to No on

apply automatic updates

2018-08-10 Thread Ken Teh
I noticed that apply_updates in /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf is set to No on a centos 7 system while it is set to Yes on SL7x. Is there any reason not to set to yes for centos? I have cron job that emails the user assigned to the desktop to reboot their machine when updates have been installed.