[yum-cvs] yum/docs yum-updatesd.8, NONE, 1.1 yum-updatesd.conf.5, NONE, 1.1

Jeremy Katz katzj at linux.duke.edu
Mon Jun 26 20:17:47 UTC 2006


Update of /home/groups/yum/cvs/yum/docs
In directory login1.linux.duke.edu:/tmp/cvs-serv23610/docs

Added Files:
	yum-updatesd.8 yum-updatesd.conf.5 
Log Message:
add docs for yum-updatesd


--- NEW FILE yum-updatesd.8 ---
.TH "yum-updatesd" "8" "2006 June 26" "Jeremy Katz" ""
.SH "NAME"
yum-updatesd \- Update notifier daemon
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fByum-updatesd\fP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP 
\fByum-updatesd\fP provides notification of updates which are
available to be applied to your system.  This notification can be done
either via syslog, email or over dbus.  Configuration is done via the
\fByum-updatesd.conf(5) \fR file.  
.PP 
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.nf
.I yum(8)
.I yum-updatesd.conf(5)
http://linux.duke.edu/yum/
.fi 

--- NEW FILE yum-updatesd.conf.5 ---
.TH "yum-updatesd.conf" "5" "" "Jeremy Katz" "yum-updatesd configuration file"
.SH "NAME"
.LP 
\fByum-updatesd.conf\fR \- Configuration file for \fByum-updatesd(8)\fR.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.LP 
yum-updatesd uses a configuration file at \fB/etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf\fR. 
.LP
Additional configuration information is read from the main \fByum.conf
(5)\fR configuration file.

.SH "PARAMETERS"
.LP
There is one section in the yum-updatesd configuration file, main,
which defines all of the global configuration options.

.SH "[main] OPTIONS"
.LP 
The [main] section must exist for yum-updatesd to do anything. It
consists of the following options:

.IP \fBruninterval\fR
Number of seconds to wait between checks for available updates.

.IP \fBupdaterefresh\fR
Minimum number of seconds between update information refreshes to
avoid hitting the server too often.

.IP \fBemit_via\fR
List of ways to emit update notification.  Valid values are `email',
`dbus' and `syslog'.

.IP \fBdo_update\fR
Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be
automatically applied.  Defaults to False.

.IP \fBdo_download\fR
Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be
automatically downloaded.  Defaults to False.

.SH "MAIL OPTIONS"
.IP \fBemail_to\fR
List of email addresses to send update notification to.  Defaults to 
`root at localhost'.

.IP \fBemail_from\fR
Email address for update notifications to be from.  Defaults to 
`yum-updatesd at localhost'.

.SH "SYSLOG OPTIONS"
.IP \fBsyslog_facility\fR
What syslog facility should be used.  Defaults to `DAEMON'.

.IP \fBsyslog_level\fR
Level of syslog messages.  Defaults to `WARN'.


.SH "FILES"
.nf 
/etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.LP 
yum-updatesd(8)
yum.conf(5)





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