Gents - thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Arnold Sent: 19 August 2007 08:32 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kroning Updates
Ian, Ian Pascoe wrote: > I'm looking to provide my eldest daughter with a laptop as she will shortly > be moving into secondary education. I don't want to necessarily provide her > with full admin rights to her machine, but my only qualm is that of keeping > it updated. > > How can I set up a kron job or similar that will automatically update the > machine without the necessity of her either using Update Manager or the > terminal? This can be configured in the 'Software Sources' application (in Gnome: System->Software Sources). Click on the Updates tab and set the update options how you want them. I did this for my mother's machine. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
