gene heskett wrote: > On 11/16/22 14:09, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 01:03:20PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > > I have removed the execute perms from that utility and restarted the > > > > job. > > > > > > Why not simply *remove* the unattended-upgrades package? It sounds like > > > your system is one that should not be using it. > > > > I bet apticron would suit Gene's needs better. Looks for updated > > packages, downloads them, sends email to root about them -- > > doesn't install them or reboot the machine. > > > The more thought I put into this, the more sense removing it makes. > > Can that mail be send to me? I use sudo for root usage.
Yes. You can either edit /etc/apticron/apticron.conf or -- probably better -- edit /etc/aliases to include something like: root: ghesk...@shentel.net so that all mail to root gets forwarded to you. After editing /etc/aliases, you should run sudo newaliases to make it take effect. -dsr-
