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How to disable "you have updates" pop up window?

Posted: 2019/09/26 15:35:22
by phil.e
How do you disable the pop up window in CentOS 7 that notifies users of available updates?

I don't want any users to see that pop up - I should be the only authorized person doing updates on any of these workstations.

Re: How to disable "you have updates" pop up window?

Posted: 2019/09/26 15:47:37
by lightman47
I think it's packagekit, so I did

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 systemctl disable packagekit
 systemctl stop packagekit

That said - are you sure that pop-up will allow a normal user to update without su/sudo permissions? (I honestly don't know).

Re: How to disable "you have updates" pop up window?

Posted: 2019/09/26 16:00:43
by phil.e
You wouldn't think it would work if they didn't have admin privileges, but it's happened twice to me now, and neither of them had sudo access.

Re: How to disable "you have updates" pop up window?

Posted: 2019/09/26 16:03:08
by lightman47
nice to know, thanks.