tl:dnr: How do I get unattended upgrades a) to function and b) to tell me when it has upgraded something.
With Debian unattended-upgrades installed I can't make out form Adam whether they have run. I have run: # cd /var/log/unattended-upgrades/ # cat unattended-upgrades-shutdown.log # cat unattended-upgrades.log With 0 result. (As above) I have have run full-upgrade and looked for whether any security packages had not been installed: Current status: 5 updates [+5], 29069 new [+68]. root@Eros:/home/lisi# aptitude full-upgrade The following packages will be upgraded: imagemagick-6.q16 imagemagick-common libmagickcore-6.q16-2 libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra libmagickwand-6.q16-2 5 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2,935 kB of archives. After unpacking 340 kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Get: 1 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main libmagickwand-6.q16-2 amd64 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7 [407 kB] Get: 2 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main libmagickcore-6.q16-2 amd64 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7 [1,694 kB] Get: 3 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main imagemagick-common all 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7 [151 kB] Get: 4 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main imagemagick-6.q16 amd64 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7 [510 kB] Get: 5 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra amd64 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7 [172 kB] Fetched 2,935 kB in 1s (1,690 kB/s) Reading changelogs... apt-listchanges: Mailing lisi.re...@gmail.com: apt-listchanges: changelogs for Eros (Reading database ... 161857 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libmagickwand-6.q16-2_8%3a6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libmagickwand-6.q16-2:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) over (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../libmagickcore-6.q16-2_8%3a6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libmagickcore-6.q16-2:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) over (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../imagemagick-common_8%3a6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7_all.deb ... Unpacking imagemagick-common (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) over (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../imagemagick-6.q16_8%3a6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking imagemagick-6.q16 (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) over (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra_8%3a6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) over (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u6) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ... Setting up imagemagick-common (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) ... Setting up libmagickcore-6.q16-2:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) ... Setting up libmagickwand-6.q16-2:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) ... Setting up imagemagick-6.q16 (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) ... Setting up libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra:amd64 (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u7) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u7) ... Current status: 0 updates [-5]. root@Eros:/home/lisi# But unattended upgrades is installed: root@Eros:/home/lisi# aptitude search unattended-upgrades i unattended-upgrades - automatic installation of security upgrades root@Eros:/home/lisi# I have tried to see if a vim security patch had been installed after a vim security alert. It had not. So unattended upgrades would appear not to be working. How do I get it working/configure it/ whatever. How do I know when it is working and when it has upgraded something? I set a configuration file up to email me, but not on this computer, and it hasn't done so. Perhaps nothing has been upgraded. Help! Where now. Lisi