> Daniels wrote: > > How do I setup email notifications that yum update > has run and > > succeeded or failed? > > ATrpms has a check4updates script that infoms you > (or better said > root) about new updates found via yum and/or apt (it > is part of the > atrpms package and configurable via > /etc/sysconfig/check4updates). > > You still have to do the updates yourself, but you > could easily change > the script to do automated upgrades (which I > personally would not > recommend), and also change the receiver of the > mails. Just put a "yum check-updates" command in cron to run each night, or better yet, created a dropfile for /etc/cron.d like the following: 0 1 * * * root /usr/bin/yum check-update Each night at 1am, the command will be run and the result emailed to root. Easy. Michael. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
