On Tuesday, 12/13/16 02:34:00 PM Henning Follmann wrote: > > Good news! I solved the problem. This solution came from the openSUSE > > forums... (just giving credit where credit is due) > > > > As root, in the folder /etc/cron.* (where * is either daily, hourly, etc. > > depending on how often you want the check to take place): > > > > 1. Create a file called autoupdate using your favorite editor (that sounds > > like a good name). > > > > 2. File contents: > > #! /bin/bash > > > > apt-get update > > apt-get upgrade -y > > apt-get autoclean > > > > 3. Save the file, and then make it executable: > > #chmod 755 autoupdate > > > > > > Note the "apt-get autoclean" is optional. > > Well, not what yousked though. > The answer given to you (adding the user to sudo group) was the right > answer. > > Anyway if you want unsupwerwised updated > > apt-get install cron-apt > > Would have been the right choice. > > > -H
Good to know about cron-apt. I'll check it out. Many thanks, Mark
