[ale] RHEL6 equivalent for apticron?

[James Sumners]

Sorry, that doesn't seem to be happening:

"# yum search updatesd
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, product-id, subscription-manager
Updating Red Hat repositories.
rhel-6-server-rpms
                                              | 2.1 kB     00:00
Warning: No matches found for: updatesd
No Matches found"

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 09:45, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
>> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
>> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>>
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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59