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On 6/6/2014 10:18, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> Sure, but really a couple of lines to warn people and wave them towards
> next steps is probably advisable next time.
> 

Maybe we can alter the "uname -a" string to show the EOL so that every
time the machine boots you see it on top of the MOTD.

:)

Of course, that won't help for the turn-on-and-forget servers with
uptime measured in years...

As a serious questions, where should such a "you have X months/days
remaining before server is EOL, update before then" messages pop up?
weekly cron messages sent to root?

John