Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

[Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>]

Thanks Charles for your reply.

Your suggestion "apt purge unattended-upgrades" implies that my deletion/removal of the file 50unattended-upgrades is insufficient. Is that correct?

I shall feedback to you if your suggestion works.

By the way, is there a method to suppression notification of new software and/or security updates? (I assume that if I can receive notifications of software/security updates, it means that my OS is communicating with Debian servers in the background, without my knowledge. I don't like that.)

Marcello



> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 3:14 AM
> From: "Charles Curley" <charlescurley@charlescurley.com>
> To: "Debian Users" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?
>
> On Tue, 25 May 2021 19:25:01 +0200
> Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > 2. I deleted the file 50unattended-upgrades located
> > in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
> >
> > In spite of the above two actions, Debian 10.9 still downloads
> > software and security updates for me automatically in the background.
> > Could someone help me with a fix that really works?
>
> Well, you could run:
>
> apt purge unattended-upgrades
>
> Somewhat less drastic:
>
> systemctl [stop|disable] unattended-upgrades
>
> (Both, of course, as root.)
>
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