On 4/24/06, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >In olden days, the throbbing update icon on the taskbar would > > > >start up automatically when you logged in. > > > >In FC5, what handles that function? > > > > > > Nothing, really, not since FC4. Something may be in the works for FC6. > > > Some people think that automatic yum updates take its place -- but such > > > updates are disabled by default. > > > > I see. FC5 is a bit broken, then, from a security point of view. Tsk. > > No it isn't. > You can run yum as a service and it will nightly grab updates - > including from third party repositories you can enabled. > > There isn't a notification area to inform of updates - but I always > thought that was a broken way to do it - because users who don't have > r00t have no way to respond. The user who is root, however, has no way to *decline* patches without manually polling. That (and the fact that updates aren't on by default) is the "broken" bit. - Dan -- Wine for Windows ISVs: http://kegel.com/wine/isv
