# Prevent users from applying updates, SLED12

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/prevent-users-from-applying-updates-sled12/27557>\
**Category:** SLED Updates\
**Created:** [October 23, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/prevent-users-from-applying-updates-sled12/27557 "2015-10-23T12:29:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ttrcf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@ttrcf](https://forums.suse.com/u/ttrcf)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/prevent-users-from-applying-updates-sled12/27557/1 "2015-10-23T12:29:09Z")

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How can I disable the Gnome popup that invites users to install available updates? This is an issue as users are installing kernel updates that then require other packages (such as VMWare Workstation) to be recompiled which can only be done by root. I have automatic updates configured omitting interactive patches.

Rob

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/prevent-users-from-applying-updates-sled12/27557/2 "2015-10-23T15:27:10Z")

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> On Fri 23 Oct 2015 09:34:01 AM CDT, ttrcf wrote:
> 
> How can I disable the Gnome popup that invites users to install  
> available updates? This is an issue as users are installing kernel  
> updates that then require other packages (such as VMWare Workstation) to  
> be recompiled which can only be done by root. I have automatic updates  
> configured omitting interactive patches.
> 
> Rob

Hi  
Either via the desktop settings-\> notifications, gsettings or  
dconf-editor.

Via gsettings examle;

```auto
gsettings list-keys org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.updates

active
auto-download-updates
banned-firmware
connection-use-mobile
enable-check-firmware
frequency-get-updates
frequency-get-upgrades
frequency-refresh-cache
frequency-updates-notification
ignored-devices
last-updates-notification
media-repo-filenames
notify-distro-upgrades
priority
update-battery

gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.updates active
true

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.updates active false
gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.updates active
false
```

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**Author:** ![ttrcf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@ttrcf](https://forums.suse.com/u/ttrcf)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/prevent-users-from-applying-updates-sled12/27557/3 "2015-11-03T11:19:23Z")

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[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;30116]Hi  
Either via the desktop settings-\> notifications, gsettings or  
dconf-editor.

[/QUOTE]

Desktop settings will do it on a per user basis. Can dconf-editor be used to make this a global setting for all users?

ROB

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**Author:** ![thsundel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@thsundel](https://forums.suse.com/u/thsundel)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/prevent-users-from-applying-updates-sled12/27557/4 "2015-11-09T13:27:13Z")

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[QUOTE=ttrcf;30251]Desktop settings will do it on a per user basis. Can dconf-editor be used to make this a global setting for all users?

ROB[/QUOTE]

Yes, see here: [https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/dconf-lockdown.html.en](https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/dconf-lockdown.html.en)

Thomas