[NTLUG:Discuss] Redhat Network alert script for the console?

[Tom Woody]

I really like the RedHat alert icon in Redhat 8, and I was wondering if
anyone had ever put together a similar script that could be ran from a
cron job to monitor servers.  I don't like letting the RHN automagically
update my servers...but I would like to get an email from a server if it
sees that a newer version of a particular RPM is out, so I can evaluate
it.  As it is now, when I get the Red Hat Errata emails from Bugtraq I
need to check if I have that RPM installed, and its just time that could
be better spent.

I have also though of doing something like this on my own, every day
checking the rpms on the updates ftp site, comparing it to a known
installed list and sending an email if there are differences...but I
didn't know if someone had already done something similar.

-- 
Tom Woody

In a world without boundaries why
do we need Gates and Windows?