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

[Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>]

Hello Andrei

Thank you for your advice and time. I really appreciate it.

> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 2:49 PM
> From: "Andrei POPESCU" <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?
>
> Removing files belonging to a package is typically frowned upon, as this
> can under specific circumstances be like pulling the rug from underneath
> a package (or worse, APT/dpkg).

Oops. I removed/deleted the file 50unattended-upgrades located in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
>
> In the case of configuration files (basically everything that is under
> /etc and a few other places) it can cause unexpected or even unsafe
> behaviour as the software might revert to built-in defaults that could
> be wrong for your system.

I suppose 50unattended-upgrades is a configuration file?

Best regards.