[CentOS-devel] pending updates notification on login

[Florian La Roche]

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