Hi, What I have been using for years is a little script to send me (and the servicedesk) a daily mail:
#!/bin/bash # MAILREC is space separated MAILREC="myem...@tio.nl helpd...@tio.nl" SUBJECT="Upgrade report voor $HOSTNAME" TMPFILE=/tmp/upgradereport.tmp # Step 1: update repositories... apt-get update >/dev/null 2>&1 # Step 2: show upgrades apt-get --dry-run upgrade | grep Inst > $TMPFILE if egrep -q ^Inst $TMPFILE then mail -s "$SUBJECT" $MAILREC < $TMPFILE fi rm $TMPFILE This script simply gets called from crontab: # Test once a day if there are any upgrades to be apllied 5 5 * * 0 root /usr/local/bin/upgradereport.sh It does run as root but then why shouldn't it? Add the -V switch to the apt-get upgrade line to see from which version to which version the upgrade is needed. I just do not need that in my mail, I'll see that when I perform the upgrade. Bonno Bloksma
