Customizing yum for automatic updates

Most system administrators prefer to not be bothered with watching for security updates and staying on top of patches.  It is easy to configure yum to update your server automatically, in the background.

From the GNOME desktop, navigate to the Applications/Accessories menu and launch the Text Editor program.  In the window that opens, click the Open button.  Navigate to the /etc/yum/ directory and open the file named yum-updatesd.conf .

TIPè On some GNU/Linux distributions, there may be no file named yum-updatesd.conf .  You can fix this problem by installing another software package.  Using the Add/Remove Software program as before, download and install the package named yum-updatesd .  Then continue with these instructions.

Edit the contents of the yum-updatesd.conf file to enable automatic updates.  Find the line that begins with do_update and modify this line to read:

do_update = yes

.  Find the line that begins with do_download and modify this line to read:

do_download = yes

.  Find the line that begins with do_download_deps and modify this line to read:

do_download_deps = yes

.  Finally, click the Save button and close the program.