[NBLUG/talk] Automatic Redhat Downloads or a Hack?

sbenn at cds1.net sbenn at cds1.net
Tue Jul 29 17:00:11 PDT 2003


This sounds like MicroSoft behavior.

> RedCarpet has been downloading a lot on mine also. I removed it.
> 
> - Dave 
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> My DSL connection has been sluggish for the past couple of days and while 
> investigating it, I discovered that my Redhat 9 linux box was merrily 
> downloading what at first glance look like Redhat updates.  I have used 
> up2date and also Ximian's redcarpet to update the system manually but it was
> a 
> couple months ago.  Is it possible that I inadvertently set up one of the
> two 
> to automatically download updates, and if so how can I check and  turn it
> off? 
> 
> Don
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