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linuxlite ubuntu unattended upgrades

linuxlite and ubuntu gnu/linux installs may have automatic unattended upgrades installed and enabled

to check the status of your system

$ aptitude show unattended-upgrades

if installed you can disable it by editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades or remove the unattended-upgrades package

# aptitude remove unattended-upgrades
# rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
# reboot

 

https://github.com/chef/bento/issues/609

In past versions of Ubuntu, unattended package upgrades were handled by creating a cron job in /etc/cron.daily responsible for running apt. With 16.04 and the shift to systemd, unattended upgrades are handled by a systemd unit. The new systemd unit has OnCalendar set to 6am and 6pm, along with Persistent set to true. The result is that a full apt-get update && apt-get ugrade will run the first time the box boots, in order to “catch-up” with missed runs.

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