Automatic background updates

[Steve]

On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:51:39 -0000, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Aart Koelewijn <aart at mtack.xs4all.nl>  
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:37:32 +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Steve <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:41:25 -0000, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there an "official" way to do this, rather than just using cron to
>>>>> schedule a script that says something like...
>>>>>
>>>>>   apt-get update
>>>>>   apt-get upgrade -y
>>>>>
>>>>> ...?
>>>>>
>>>> There’s a setting for install security updates with out confirmation  
>>>> in
>>>> Update Manager > Preferences along with download in background, or am  
>>>> I
>>>> missing something.
>>>
>>> I'm hoping to not have to use the GUI at all.
>>>
>>> There seems to be some skeletal stuff in /etc/cron.daily/apt
>>>
>>> ... such as:
>>>
>>> #  APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0"; #  - Run the
>>> "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script #    every n-days
>>> (0=disabled)
>>> #    Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write #    a
>>> log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
>>>
>>> But I don't know how this works or how to "activate" it...?
>>>
>>> This is on 9.04, BTW...
>>
>> same in 9.10. Delete the comment sign (#) in front of the line and  
>> change
>> the 0 to 1 (or 2 or 3 or ..). Now it reads:
>> APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
>> Now save, that is all.
>
> Terrific! Thanks, I will try that.
>
One problem I foresee is, will you be informed if a restart is required of  
either an application or the machine.

-- 
Steve