check_updates is a Nagios plugin to check if RedHat or Fedora system
is up-to-date

Note:
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since up2date -l to list the outdated packages can only be run be run
by root the plugin must be executed as root. Plese configure sudo as
follows:

  nagios ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/up2date -l

and execute the plugin with sudo

  sudo $INSTALLATION_PATH/check_updates


Yum security plugin:
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Use one of the following commands to install the yum security plugin:

  Fedora systems:
  * yum install yum-plugin-security   

  Red Hat / CentOS 5.x systems:
  * yum install yum-security   

# $Id: README 1103 2009-12-07 07:49:19Z corti $
# $Revision: 1103 $
# $HeadURL: https://svn.id.ethz.ch/nagios_plugins/check_updates/README $
# $Date: 2009-12-07 08:49:19 +0100 (Mon, 07 Dec 2009) $
