Hello Karanbir, On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 03:01:14PM +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 06/12/2014 02:45 PM, Trevor Hemsley wrote: > > > > I checked further and older ubuntu releases used to use update-motd but > > they've now modified pam_motd to invoke the scripts in > > /etc/update-motd.d on login instead. I checked my RHEL7rc VM and those > > modifications are not present there. > > this is just a super complex solution to a problem that is far simpler > than it seems. > > if a yum-plugin is able to drop the number somewhere, an echo in .skel > would be all the 'UI' we need, and if its there for the default user on > instance bringup, the skel should get copied over ( and then the user > can do whatever they please ) to all new users as well. > > would that be all we need here ? Maybe limit the time this information is presented: only show the nformation if the number of updates pending was verified within the last 12/24 hours. best regards, Florian La Roche