Hi. On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 07:27:22PM +0200, Stella Ashburne wrote: > > I'm curious what will be shown in this configuration by: > > > > apt-config dump | grep Periodic > > > One kind person has already asked me for the output of
My bad. I haven't followed this thread closely until now. > apt-config dump | grep -i APT::Periodic > > Below is the output of the above command: > > APT::Periodic ""; > APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0"; > APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0"; Ok, that complicates things slightly. Is there anything that can be attributed to this behaviour at /var/log/apt/history.log* ? Could be anything, you'll need to evaluate Start-Date attribute. Of course, it's unlikely there will be anything, so it's time for an old magic trick - auditd. Install auditd package. Invoke: auditctl -w /usr/bin/apt -p rx auditctl -w /usr/bin/apt-get -p rx Wait for the next occurence of the problem, to speed things up - invoke "apt clean". To know exact time someone invoked apt without your knowledge - invoke "ausearch -f /usr/bin/apt -i". Once you know an exact time the problem happens - it should be trivial to search, say, journald entries for anything related. In short, dear listers, auditd. Have it, use it. Thing solves issues, and does it in non-intrusive way. Oh, and another question. Do you happen to have packagekit to be installed? This Fine Piece™ of RedHat middleware (have to keep the archives list PG-13 compliant, you see ;) is known to perform questionable tricks like this. Reco
