A server administrator has scheduled a cron job to run YUM updates on all servers without manual intervention, but kernel packages must be excluded from the updates at all times. Which of the…

The correct answer is A. /etc/yum.conf. The /etc/yum.conf file contains configuration settings for the YUM package manager. To exclude kernel updates, the administrator should add exclude=kernel* to the [main] section of this file. This ensures that all future YUM updates skip kernel packages, making the exclusion…

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Question

A server administrator has scheduled a cron job to run YUM updates on all servers without manual intervention, but kernel packages must be excluded from the updates at all times. Which of the following configuration files needs to be modified to make these changes persistent?

Options

A/etc/yum.conf
B/etc/dnf/dnf.conf
C/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/packages.conf
D/etc/yum.repo.d/kernel.repo

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C
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Explanation

The /etc/yum.conf file contains configuration settings for the YUM package manager. To exclude kernel updates, the administrator should add exclude=kernel* to the [main] section of this file. This ensures that all future YUM updates skip kernel packages, making the exclusion persistent.

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#YUM package manager#Package exclusion#System configuration#Kernel updates

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