Infrastructure Software

Hello,

What is the correct procedure to disable yum auto-updates?

The "yum-updatesd" daemon that existed in OL 5 does no longer exist in OL 6.

I found out that the "PackageKit Update Applet" seems to be responsible for running the auto-update. It can be enabled or disabled in the new Preferences/Startup Applications control panel. There is also the "gpk-prefs" control panel to set the update interval to "never". However, both control panels work on a per-user/login basis and cannot be used to disable yum auto-update system-wide.

Finally I found /etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf, which has a DefaultBackend parameter, but I don't know what I should put there.

Is there here a way, to disable the yum auto-update system-wide without uninstalling PackageKit?

I already checked the documentation at http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-PackageKit.html but it was not helpful.

Thanks!