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Automatic Updates  You must decide whether to use automatic yum
updates on each of your machines. There are a number of
arguments both for and against automatic updates to consider.
However, there is no single answer to this question: It is up to
the system administrator or owner of each machine to decide
whether automatic updates are desirable or not for that machine.
One of the things which makes one a good system administrator is
the ability to evaluate the facts and other people's
suggestions, and then decide for onesself what one should do.  A
general rule that applies in most cases is as follows:  If the
machine is a critical server, for which unplanned downtime of a
service on the machine can not be tolerated, then you should not
use automatic updates. Otherwise, you may choose to use them.
Even the general rule above has exceptions, or can be worked
around. Some issues might