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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#############################################################################
+# (c) 2011 Sven Velt <sven@velt.de                                          #
+#          and team(ix) GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany                            #
+#                                                                           #
+# This file is part of "team(ix) Monitoring Plugins"                        #
+# URL: http://oss.teamix.org/projects/monitoringplugins/                    #
+#                                                                           #
+# All rights reserved.                                                      #
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without        #
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions        #
+# are met:                                                                  #
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+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.          #
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright      #
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the    #
+#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.   #
+# 3. The name of the copyright owner may not be used to endorse or          #
+#    promote products derived from this software without specific prior     #
+#    written permission.                                                    #
+#                                                                           #
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR      #
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED            #
+# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE    #
+# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,        #
+# INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES        #
+# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR        #
+# SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)        #
+# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,       #
+# STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING     #
+# IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE        #
+# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.                                               #
+#############################################################################
+
+# Works on:
+# - SLES 11
+
+# Does NOT work on:
+# -
+
+# From "/etc/sudoers" / "visudo":
+# nagios ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/zypper ref,/usr/bin/zypper -q pchk
+
+# Refresh repositories
+sudo /usr/bin/zypper ref >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+zypper_out=$(sudo LANG=C /usr/bin/zypper -q pchk)
+if ( echo "${zypper_out}" | grep -q "needed" ) ; then
+	output=$(echo ${zypper_out} | cut -d "." -f 7)
+	patches=$(echo ${output} | cut -d " " -f1)
+	if [ ${patches} -gt 0 ] ; then
+		secpatches=$(echo ${output} | cut -d "(" -f2|cut -d " " -f1)
+		if [ -n "${secpatches}" ]; then
+			if [ ${secpatches} -gt 0 ] ; then
+				echo "Zypper CRITICAL - ${patches}"
+				exit 2
+			fi
+			echo "Zypper WARNING - ${output}"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+fi
+
+echo "Zypper OK - No updates available"
+exit 0