[ale] RHEL6 equivalent for apticron?

[Jim Kinney]

Yum search update
Updatesd checks automatically and can notify, or auto update based on
config.
On Aug 8, 2011 9:20 AM, "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for an equivalent to apticron[1] for RHEL6. I realize that
> I could automate a `yum check-update -q | mail ...` but that is a poor
> substitute. Notice that apticron actually gives details in the email
> about the available updates (which allows me to set a priority on when
> to do the updating). I keep coming across references to
> yum-updatesd[2], but that tool doesn't seem to be installed or even
> available to be installed:
>
> " # yum provides yum-updatesd
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, product-id, subscription-manager
> Updating Red Hat repositories.
> rhel-6-server-rpms
> | 2.1 kB 00:00
> Warning: 3.0.x versions of yum would erroneously match against filenames.
> You can use "*/yum-updatesd" and/or "*bin/yum-updatesd" to get that
behaviour
> No Matches found"
>
> So, RHEL faithfuls, any suggestions?
>
> [1] -- http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/491
> [2] --
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/red-hat-centos-fedora-send-package-update-notification-via-email/
>
> --
> James Sumners
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
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