Redhat EL Worksation 5.2 - how do I do automatic updates?

[mujzeptu]

I have redhat linux workstation enterprise linux 5.2. I am wanting it to automatically do updates without user interaction.

I have manually used pup for all my updates but want it to happen automatically.

How do I do this?

[Lazydog]

Create a cron job.

[mujzeptu]

Yes, a cron job works great. But if I just have the cron job run pup, pup still requires user interaction and clicking, "ok" to accept updates, etc...

Is there no way in redhat to automate this? You HAVE to interact with updates?

[coopstah13]

use yum instead, there should be a param to pass on the command line that forces it to accept the updates

[Lazydog]

Yes, use YUM to update your system. Works great here as a cron job.

[meton_magis]

add

yum -y update

to your crontab, the -y says "say yes to everything"