On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 12:00:40PM -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 09:24:25AM -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
>> Tom Diehl wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Neal Becker wrote:
>> >
>> >> How can I enable automatic updates on a F10 box without having a
>> >> desktop login (that is, I have ssh access)?
>> >
>> > yum install yum-updatesd
>> >
>> > Then modify /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf to taste.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>>
>> OK, that's old-school :) I thought packagekit was supposed to handle
>> this stuff.
>
> It does; check your GNOME main menu, under System > Prefs > System >
> Software Updates.
>
Yeah, but how can I enable that without a gui?
Oh, I see. Well, you could set this in gconf-editor but AIUI it won't
make a difference unless you do login at the console desktop, or (2)
change the update policies using PolicyKit to allow PackageKit actions
when logged in to a remote session.
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