How to apply the changes to /etc/cpupdate.conf

[shazde]

Hi,

I made some changes to /etc/cpupdate.conf to make updates manual but still when I go to whm and check the update preferences the old values are shown and the changes to /etc/cpupdate.conf are being ignored.

Is there a command I need to run after changes to /etc/cpupdate.conf?

Here is the content of my /etc/cpupdate.conf

CPANEL=release
RPMUP=manual
SARULESUP=daily
STAGING_DIR=/usr/local/cpanel
UPDATES=manual

 

[cPanelLauren]

Hi @shazde

Can you check the permissions of the cpupdate.conf file? Changes made here should be reflected at

WHM>>Server Configuration>>Update Preferences

I tested this on a test server to confirm this as well. The permission and ownership of this file should be as follows:

# stat /etc/cpupdate.conf
  File: ‘/etc/cpupdate.conf’
  Size: 84            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fd01h/64769d    Inode: 1311907     Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2018-04-05 10:07:58.537243292 -0400
Modify: 2018-04-05 10:07:56.110243777 -0400
Change: 2018-04-05 10:07:56.111243776 -0400
 Birth: -

The attributes of the file should be as follows as well:

# lsattr /etc/cpupdate.conf
-------------e-- /etc/cpupdate.conf

Per our documentation there should be no extra steps necessary to modify these values. You can see this here:

The cPanel Update Configuration File - cpupdate.conf

Thank you,

 

[shazde]

Here is what I have:

# stat /etc/cpupdate.conf
  File: `/etc/cpupdate.conf'
  Size: 89            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fc02h/64514d    Inode: 21760146    Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2018-04-05 10:59:25.923000001 +0100
Modify: 2018-04-05 09:39:03.000000000 +0100
Change: 2018-04-05 10:59:15.757000001 +0100

# lsattr /etc/cpupdate.conf
-------------e- /etc/cpupdate.conf

Also the file and whm now display the same values but that was not the case yesterday.

 

[cPanelLauren]

Hi @shazde

I'm happy to hear that they both display the same data. When you make changes now are they immediately reflected?

If you run the WHMAPI1 function for this is the behavior different? You can find it here:

WHMAPI1 Functions update_updateconf

Thank you,