how to do unattended online updates?

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#1

I installed yast2-online-update-configuration and configured it via (what else) yast and then for good measure i rebooted, i have done this on 3 pc’s and none of them are doing unattended updates. The/any update is always waiting there in the tray for me to click on and say “Install Updates” just like it did before I installed yast2-online-update-configuration.

#2

What update interval did you select when configuring? Do you see the associated script in /etc/cron.daily, /etc/cron/weekly/, or /etc/cron.monthly (applicable to your chosen update interval)?

The only potential conflict I see here is if the desktop packagekit-based updater (which I don’t use) gets in the way sometimes.

#3

Review the settings you made according to this guide…

https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/startup/html/book.opensuse.startup/cha.onlineupdate.you.html#id5081

#4

So, there are 2 updaters? Which one is accessed via the system tray in kde? Maybe i need to remove one of them if there are 2. Are they both capable of unattended updates?
in the yast online cfg app i had selected daily just like i did by right clicking the Gear in software updates.


# ls -l /etc/cron.daily/ 
total 36
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  778 Jul  2 09:43 mdadm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2123 Aug 21  2015 mlocate.cron
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   32 Nov 25 15:27 opensuse.org-online_update -> /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/online_update
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1414 May 17  2017 packagekit-background.cron
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  948 Jul  7 11:27 suse-clean_catman
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1879 Jul  7 09:58 suse.de-backup-rc.config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2059 Sep 11  2014 suse.de-backup-rpmdb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  566 Sep 11  2014 suse.de-check-battery
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  371 Sep 11  2014 suse.de-cron-local
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1693 Jul  7 11:27 suse-do_mandb
#5

Thanks, i had already found that doc.

#6

The KDE desktop updater uses the PackageKit backend (and many around here disable it). To do so, right-click on the system tray > System Tray Settings > Uncheck ‘Software Updates’. Then it won’t conflict with YOU.

Are they both capable of unattended updates?

I don’t use it, but AFAIU only the check interval can be adjusted, and the user needs to be logged in of course.

This relates to YOU…

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   32 Nov 25 15:27 opensuse.org-online_update -> /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/online_update

This relates to your desktop updater…

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1414 May 17  2017 packagekit-background.cron