ttshivers

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# This script determines the number of outstanding updates (patches) for this
# RHEL host. The count is reported to the Xymon monitoring server. This script
# requires that:
#  A- the yum-security plug-in is installed, and
#  B- that sudo is configured to have this script run `yum`.
#
# Written by W.J.M. Nelis, wim.nelis@nlr.nl
#