---
name: "yum-updatesd.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "yum"
version: "3.2.25-2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/yum-updatesd.conf"
---

# yum-updatesd.conf(5)

Configuration file for yum-updatesd(8).

## NAME

**yum-updatesd.conf** - Configuration file for **[yum-updatesd(8)](/yum-updatesd/8.md)**.

## DESCRIPTION

yum-updatesd uses a configuration file at **/etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf**.

Additional configuration information is read from the main **yum.conf** **(5)** configuration file.

## PARAMETERS

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

## \[main\] OPTIONS

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

- **run\_interval**

  Number of seconds to wait between checks for available updates.

- **updaterefresh**

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

- **emit\_via**

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

- **do\_update**

  Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be automatically applied.  Defaults to False.

- **do\_download\_deps**

  Boolean option to decide whether or not updates should be automatically downloaded.  Defaults to False.

- **do\_download\_deps**

  Boolean option to automatically download dependencies of packages which need updating as well.  Defaults to False.

## MAIL OPTIONS

- **email\_to**

  List of email addresses to send update notification to.  Defaults to  \`root@localhost'.

- **email\_from**

  Email address for update notifications to be from.  Defaults to  \`yum-updatesd@localhost'.

## SYSLOG OPTIONS

- **syslog\_facility**

  What syslog facility should be used.  Defaults to \`DAEMON'.

- **syslog\_level**

  Level of syslog messages.  Defaults to \`WARN'.

## FILES

```
/etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf
```

## SEE ALSO

[yum-updatesd(8)](/yum-updatesd/8.md) [yum.conf(5)](/yum.conf/5.md)