On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:00:50 -0600 Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:> On 11/22/2014 05:49 AM, Gabriele Pohl wrote: > > I have difficulties to understand the output of yum-plugin-security. > > > > # yum check-update --security > > CentOS only tests that things work when doing all updates ... it does > not test any other grouping of packages.when I install the updates I usually install all pending updates btw. As written in my other mail, the intention is to get triggered when security updates are pending. fyi and cheers, Gabriele
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 15:32:32 +0100 Gabriele Pohl wrote:> As written in my other mail, the intention is > to get triggered when security updates are pending.If you just want to be notified (or start a job, or whatever) then why not set up something to watch the centos-announce list, parse the subject lines for "Security", and then do whatever you need to do after that. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 12:07:00PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:> > If you just want to be notified (or start a job, or whatever) then why > not set up something to watch the centos-announce list, parse the > subject lines for "Security", and then do whatever you need to do > after that.You're actually going to want to look for 'CESA' which indicates a security update announcement. John -- One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. -- Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817), English novelist, Persuasion (posthumous, 1818) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20141122/58d707e8/attachment-0001.sig>
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:07:00 -0600 Frank Cox <theatre at melvilletheatre.com> wrote:> On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 15:32:32 +0100 > Gabriele Pohl wrote: > > > As written in my other mail, the intention is > > to get triggered when security updates are pending. > > why not set up something to watch the centos-announce list, > parse the subject lines for "Security", and then > do whatever you need to do after that.because I want the alert for my individual machines. So the proposed method is no solution for an automagical trigger :) As said in my earlier mail I use Munin for system monitoring and want the raven to croak when a node has pending security updates: http://gallery.munin-monitoring.org/distro/plugins/node.d.linux/yum.html But thanks for sharing your idea ~ Cheers, Gabriele