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

Note:
=====

since up2date -l to list the outdated packages can only be run be run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:
====================

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

  Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x, Scientific Linux 6.x systems:

  * yum install yum-plugin-security

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, CentOS 5.x and Scientific Linux 5.x systems:

  * yum install yum-security

# $Id: README 1238 2011-05-24 06:40:44Z corti $
# $Revision: 1238 $
# $HeadURL: https://svn.id.ethz.ch/nagios_plugins/check_updates/README $
# $Date: 2011-05-24 08:40:44 +0200 (Tue, 24 May 2011) $