up2date: how does it get run?

[Andrew Bacchi]

I don't update any of my 22 machines automatically.  You can log into the
RHN website, and do auto updates from their web page.  You could also run an
up2date command from crontab.  Check that the firewall isn't blocking RHN
from your server.

I prefer to have greater control over when my systems get updated and with
what, so I do it manually, which is the default.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of K. Reid Wightman
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:15 PM
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Subject: up2date: how does it get run?
> 
> 
> Hi All -
> 
> I've been getting notices from RHN that one of my servers is failing to
> check in (and pull down updates).  When I log in to the server and run
> up2date -u, it runs just dandy and updates the system entry on RHN with
> the time it was run.
> 
> Looking at /var/log/up2date, it's pretty clear that up2date isn't
> getting run automatically.  I don't know how it's 'supposed' to be
> called though.  I've monkeyed around with the system enough that maybe I
> deleted a script that I shouldn't have?
> 
> I don't see anything looking like an up2date call in any of my cron
> directories nor in crontab itself.  Does anyone know how it's supposed
> to get run?
> 
> Thanks,
> Reid