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

[Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>]

Hi

Thanks for your help and time. I really appreciate it.

> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2021 at 7:49 PM
> From: l0f4r0@tuta.io
> To: "Debian User" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?
>
> What about the following commands?
>
> cat /etc/anacrontab
> systemctl list-timers
>
Output of cat /etc/anacrontab

# /etc/anacrontab: configuration file for anacron

# See anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) for details.

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root

# These replace cron's entries
1	5	cron.daily	run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
7	10	cron.weekly	run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly
@monthly	15	cron.monthly	run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly


Output of systemctl list-timers


NEXT                         LEFT          LAST                         PASSED
Wed 2021-06-02 16:24:55 GMT  4min 34s left n/a                          n/a
Thu 2021-06-03 00:00:00 GMT  7h left       Wed 2021-06-02 16:10:36 GMT  9min ago
Thu 2021-06-03 00:00:00 GMT  7h left       Wed 2021-06-02 16:10:36 GMT  9min ago
Thu 2021-06-03 00:39:22 GMT  8h left       Wed 2021-06-02 16:10:36 GMT  9min ago
Thu 2021-06-03 06:40:44 GMT  14h left      Wed 2021-06-02 07:43:04 GMT  8h ago
Thu 2021-06-03 07:30:43 GMT  15h left      Thu 2021-06-03 00:10:06 GMT  7h left

6 timers listed.
Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too.