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I just released version 1.7.2 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X.509 certificates

Changes from version 1.6.1

• --rootcert allows to specify a directory (thanks to Dan Wallis)
• better test for expect (thanks to Dan Wallis)
• removed an unnecessary cat

I just released version 1.6.1 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X509 certificates

Changes from version 1.6.0

• added --temp to specify where to download temporary files
• checks the writability of the temporary storage (thanks to Marc Fournier for the patch)

I just released version 1.6.0 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X509 certificates

Changes from version 1.5.2

• added long command  line options
• added a man page
• added --critical and --warning (and deprecated --days)

I just released version 1.5.2 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X509 certificates

Changes from version 1.5.1

• added the -f command line option to check local certificate files (thanks to Wolfgang Schricker for the patch)

I just released version 1.5.1 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X509 certificates

Changes from version 1.5.0

• fixed the plugin info text output (thanks to Yannick Gravel for the patch)

I just released version 1.5.0 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X509 certificates

Changes from version 1.4.4

• added the -s command line option to allow self-signed certificates

I just released version 1.4.3 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X509 certificates

Changes from version 1.4.2

• added the -n and -N options to match the CN with an host name (thanks to Marcus Rejås for the patch)

I just released version 1.4.2 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X509 certificates

Changes from version 1.4.1

• the pattern specified with the -i command line argument is now checked against both the organization (O) and common name (CN) of the certification authority

I just released version 1.4.1 of check_ssl_cert: a Nagios plugin to check the validity of X509 certificates

Changes from version 1.3.0

• the plugin now checks the validity of the certificate chain
• -r can be used to specify a root certificate to be used for the validation

At work we have serveral Unix accounts occasionally used by more than user. To allow each user to log in using a personlized shell we use the following shell function (simplified):

pssh() {
  host=$1
  scp -q ${HOME}/.dir_colors ${host}:.dir_colors.${USER}
  cp ${HOME}/.bashrc ${HOME}/.bashrc.${USER}
  echo 'eval $(dircolors ${HOME}/.dir_colors'.${USER}) >> ${HOME}/.bashrc.${USER}
  scp -q ${HOME}/.bashrc.${USER} ${host}:.bashrc.${USER}
  # log in and execute a shell with the special .bashrc file
  ssh -t $host "bash --rcfile ~/.bashrc.${USER}"
}

In this way everyone can use his own .bashrc and terminal colors without interfering with other users of the shared account