#!/usr/bin/perl =pod =head1 NAME B - automated status report about RPMs on a system =head1 SYNOPSIS ./CHECKRPMS or perl CHECKRPMS =head1 DESCRIPTION This file automates the usage of Martin Siegert's "check-rpms" script. It runs through a list of possible mirror sites until it finds one with a reasonably good FTP connection. =head2 Future directions Eventually, this script may have a simple argument format that allows the user to VIEW, DOWNLOAD, or AUTOUPDATE their computer. Or, this script may evolve into an interactive series of steps: For example, there may be questions like this: =over 4 =item * Do you want to (D)ownload or (A)utoupdate the RPMs in the list above? =item * Specify a download location for the RPMs (default=/tmp/update_my_rpms/)? =back Note that there are no current plans to automate a software upgrade of the kernel. This step should be performed by a qualified system administrator. =head1 AUTHOR Scott Harrison, sharrison@users.sourceforge.net, 2002 =cut # =================================================== READ IN COMMAND ARGUMENTS # ---------------------------------------------------- Process download option. my $download=shift(@ARGV); if ($download eq '--download') { if ($< != 0) # Download mode requires 'root'. { print('**** ERROR **** Download mode needs to be run as root'."\n"); exit(1); # Exit with error status. } `rm -Rf /tmp/loncapa_rpm_updates`; $download='-v -dl -d /tmp/loncapa_rpm_updates'; # Part of check-rpms args. } else { $download=''; } # =================================================== GENERAL INITIAL VARIABLES # ---------------- The FTP servers (and their directory paths) to check against my @serverpaths_to_try = ( 'mirror.pa.msu.edu/linux/redhat/linux/updates/', 'rufus.w3.org/linux/redhat/linux/updates/', 'distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/updates/', 'limestone.uoregon.edu/redhat/updates/', 'opnsrc.support.compaq.com/linux/redhat/updates.redhat.com/', ); # --------------------------------------------------- Determine RedHat version. my $RHversion = (split /\s/, `cat /etc/redhat-release`)[4]; # - 6.2 or 7.3 or ? # ------------------------------------------- Use check-rpms command this way. my $checkcommand = 'check-rpms '.$download.' --rpmuser www -ftp'; my $FTPSERVER; # ------------------------- the server portion of the serverpath my $FTPUPDATES; # ----------------------------- the actual update root location my @rpms; # ---------------------------------- this will store the list of RPMs my $goodoutput; # ------------------------------------ good stuff was returned! my $reallygoodoutput; # ------------------------------- you are 100% up-to-date # ----------------------------------------- Find the check-rpms script location if (-e './check-rpms') { $commandpre='perl ./'; # Use the check-rpms in the current directory. } elsif (-e 'loncom/build/check-rpms') { $commandpre='perl loncom/build/'; # Use check-rpms int he loncom/build dir. } else # Cannot find check-rpms, so abort. { die("**** ERROR **** CANNOT FIND THE check-rpms SCRIPT\n"); } # Define the overall check-rpms invocation based on the path to the check-rpms # command. $checkcommand = $commandpre.$checkcommand; # ============== Go through all the servers until a decent connection is found. # Notify user of current action. print(</dev/null`; # Ping ftp server (are you out there?). if ($?==0) # If the ftp server can be pinged. { print "$FTPSERVER found...\n"; # Tell user the ftp server is found. `ncftpls ftp://$FTPSERVER`; # Try to access server with ftp protocol. if ($?==0) # If the ftp server can be accessed with the ftp protocol. { $FTPUPDATES="$serverpath$RHversion/en/os"; # The full update path. # Print the check-rpms command that will be executed. print($checkcommand.' '.$FTPUPDATES."\n"); if ($download) # Was CHECKRPMS run in download mode? { $|=1; # Try to send things immediately to stdout; err umm.... # Tell the user about the /tmp/loncapa_rpm_updates directory. print('**** NOTE ****'. 'To check the status of the download, you can '. 'periodically inspect the contents of the '. '/tmp/loncapa_rpm_updates directory. '. 'Please be patient; this download may take a while.'. "\n"); # Do the download. print(`$checkcommand $FTPUPDATES 2>\&1`); # Tell the user about what action they need to take with the # downloaded RPMs. print('You may now wish to visit the /tmp/loncapa_rpm_updates'. ' directory and upgrade the RPMs. '."\n". 'If this is a critical server (it is currently being'. ' used for classes) and you do not know how to upgrade'. ' RPMs, you should consult someone who has experience '. 'with the "rpm" command.'."\n"); exit(0); # Assume everything is okay and exit. } @rpms=`$checkcommand $FTPUPDATES 2>\&1`; # Read in list of RPMs. # Create a text string that can be pattern matched. my $rpmtext=join('',@rpms); if ($rpmtext=~/You do not seem to have a/) # No www? { print "You do not have a 'www' user on your system.\n". "Please add this user and try this command again.\n"; exit(1); } if ($rpmtext=~/This account is currently not/) # ------------ uh-oh { print "...strange error, moving on ($FTPSERVER)\n"; } else # --------------------------------------- the output is "good" { $goodoutput=$rpmtext; unless (@rpms) # If there are no RPMs to update. { $reallygoodoutput=<