how can i stop yum automatically on centos with cpanel ?

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Posted by ttgt, 04-02-2009, 10:23 PM
my hd is little and the /var partition is full twice this days, and it make my server down. i try to run "yum clean all" and it empty some space. i want to ask if any way i can stop the automatic yum ? or the space will be full again and my server will down again. Best regards.
Posted by lebnene, 04-02-2009, 11:58 PM
are you referring to yum updates?
Posted by ttgt, 04-03-2009, 12:02 AM
yes,i cheak the /var/log/messages, it seems it do yum automatically.
Posted by Deem3n®, 04-03-2009, 05:43 AM
1) Check crontabs 2) Move /var to another partition
Posted by ttgt, 04-03-2009, 11:56 AM
i check the /etc/yum.conf i find the "cachedir=/var/cache/yum", could i chang the cache folder to others? ,like /home or /, becasue i find the yum full the /var/cache/yum and make my /var full, and my server server down. is it ok to do the change ? need change any other setting to let it work ?
Posted by ServerManagement, 04-03-2009, 02:16 PM
You can move them to another partition and symlink it so you don't have to touch the configuration file.
Posted by ttgt, 04-03-2009, 06:53 PM
could you tell me the commend to do it? Best regards.
Posted by PCS-Chris, 04-04-2009, 10:36 AM
To disable yum's automatic updates, run: chkconfig yum-updatesd off Chris