Output below, I should also mention I modified the dietpi.txt file based on your comments in this thread auto update setting - #17 by manilx around enabling auto updates by changing the line “CONFIG_CHECK_APT_UPDATES=2”
root@DietPi:~# ls -la /boot/dietpi/
total 1173
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 3072 Oct 10 08:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 3072 Jan 1 1970 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 577 Jul 31 17:27 .dietpi-services_include_exclude
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 363 Oct 9 22:59 .hw_model
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2 Oct 9 22:34 .install_stage
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 79 Oct 9 22:34 .installed
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15 Jul 31 17:24 .prep_info
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 112 Oct 9 22:28 .version
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11511 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-autostart
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24254 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-backup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8121 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-bugreport
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14521 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-cleaner
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43539 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-cloudshell
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140799 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5262 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-cpuinfo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9386 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-cron
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16699 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-ddns
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 74265 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-drive_manager
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7219 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-explorer
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3960 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-launcher
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4991 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-led_control
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21334 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-letsencrypt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9003 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-login
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6789 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-morsecode
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35339 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-services
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 672886 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-software
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7345 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-survey
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17082 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-sync
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22531 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-update
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21069 Oct 6 20:25 dietpi-vpn
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Oct 6 20:25 func
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 6 20:25 misc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2426 Oct 6 20:25 postboot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1393 Oct 6 20:25 preboot
root@DietPi:~#