How can I automate a “conffile” prompt in unattended upgrades?
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We have many systems, managed via Ansible. They are configured to run nightly security updates. We have a problem because the sudo package wants to put in a new /etc/sudoers. This is what now happens in our cron output:
/etc/cron.daily/apt:
Package 'sudo' has conffile prompt and needs to be upgraded manually
I can manually apt-get install sudo on a box and press the button to keep my config file, but that doesn't scale well. Is there a config I can tweak so that the nightly security updates, at least in this instance, know my preference to keep our local /etc/sudoers? Thanks!
apt updates sudo
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We have many systems, managed via Ansible. They are configured to run nightly security updates. We have a problem because the sudo package wants to put in a new /etc/sudoers. This is what now happens in our cron output:
/etc/cron.daily/apt:
Package 'sudo' has conffile prompt and needs to be upgraded manually
I can manually apt-get install sudo on a box and press the button to keep my config file, but that doesn't scale well. Is there a config I can tweak so that the nightly security updates, at least in this instance, know my preference to keep our local /etc/sudoers? Thanks!
apt updates sudo
edited Dec 4 at 21:46
wjandrea
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asked Jun 1 '17 at 17:41
dannyman
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up vote
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We have many systems, managed via Ansible. They are configured to run nightly security updates. We have a problem because the sudo package wants to put in a new /etc/sudoers. This is what now happens in our cron output:
/etc/cron.daily/apt:
Package 'sudo' has conffile prompt and needs to be upgraded manually
I can manually apt-get install sudo on a box and press the button to keep my config file, but that doesn't scale well. Is there a config I can tweak so that the nightly security updates, at least in this instance, know my preference to keep our local /etc/sudoers? Thanks!
apt updates sudo
edited Dec 4 at 21:46
wjandrea
8,05142258
asked Jun 1 '17 at 17:41
dannyman
2231315
We have many systems, managed via Ansible. They are configured to run nightly security updates. We have a problem because the sudo package wants to put in a new /etc/sudoers. This is what now happens in our cron output:
/etc/cron.daily/apt:
Package 'sudo' has conffile prompt and needs to be upgraded manually
I can manually apt-get install sudo on a box and press the button to keep my config file, but that doesn't scale well. Is there a config I can tweak so that the nightly security updates, at least in this instance, know my preference to keep our local /etc/sudoers? Thanks!
apt updates sudo
apt updates sudo
edited Dec 4 at 21:46
wjandrea
8,05142258
asked Jun 1 '17 at 17:41
dannyman
2231315
edited Dec 4 at 21:46
wjandrea
8,05142258
asked Jun 1 '17 at 17:41
dannyman
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edited Dec 4 at 21:46
wjandrea
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edited Dec 4 at 21:46
wjandrea
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This appears to be the desired answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/139554/5571
I also want to keep original config files while doing automatic updates. You can add the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
Dpkg::Options {
"--force-confdef";
"--force-confold";
};
See here for a good explanation of the options: http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-configuration-file-managed-by-dpkg/
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
3
down vote
This appears to be the desired answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/139554/5571
I also want to keep original config files while doing automatic updates. You can add the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
Dpkg::Options {
"--force-confdef";
"--force-confold";
};
See here for a good explanation of the options: http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-configuration-file-managed-by-dpkg/
edited Dec 4 at 21:45
wjandrea
8,05142258
answered Jun 1 '17 at 17:45
dannyman
2231315
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
This appears to be the desired answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/139554/5571
I also want to keep original config files while doing automatic updates. You can add the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
Dpkg::Options {
"--force-confdef";
"--force-confold";
};
See here for a good explanation of the options: http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-configuration-file-managed-by-dpkg/
edited Dec 4 at 21:45
wjandrea
8,05142258
answered Jun 1 '17 at 17:45
dannyman
2231315
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
This appears to be the desired answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/139554/5571
I also want to keep original config files while doing automatic updates. You can add the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
Dpkg::Options {
"--force-confdef";
"--force-confold";
};
See here for a good explanation of the options: http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-configuration-file-managed-by-dpkg/
edited Dec 4 at 21:45
wjandrea
8,05142258
answered Jun 1 '17 at 17:45
dannyman
2231315
This appears to be the desired answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/139554/5571
I also want to keep original config files while doing automatic updates. You can add the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
Dpkg::Options {
"--force-confdef";
"--force-confold";
};
See here for a good explanation of the options: http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-configuration-file-managed-by-dpkg/
edited Dec 4 at 21:45
wjandrea
8,05142258
answered Jun 1 '17 at 17:45
dannyman
2231315
edited Dec 4 at 21:45
wjandrea
8,05142258
edited Dec 4 at 21:45
wjandrea
8,05142258
edited Dec 4 at 21:45
wjandrea
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8,05142258
answered Jun 1 '17 at 17:45
dannyman
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answered Jun 1 '17 at 17:45
dannyman
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answered Jun 1 '17 at 17:45
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