1 version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
3 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
4 to not work when run from cron.
6 Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
9 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
10 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
11 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
12 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
14 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
15 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
16 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
17 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
19 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
21 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
22 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
24 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
25 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
26 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
29 . Many more system checks were added, thanks to Petr Klíma
32 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
33 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
34 changed cron permissions to 644
35 minor documentation fixes
37 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
41 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
42 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
43 out more easily they can customize them
45 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
47 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
48 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
50 . fixed no user defaults file processing
52 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
53 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
54 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
55 disabled in backupninja.conf
56 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
57 in vsnames config variable
59 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
60 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
61 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
62 "vsnames" configuration setting
65 . fixed errors in create remote dir
66 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
67 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
69 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
71 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
72 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
75 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
76 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
77 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
78 don't follow symlinks)
79 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
80 . new function: vservers_exist
83 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
85 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
87 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
88 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
90 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
91 backupninja and ninjahelper
94 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
96 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
97 . different signing and encrypting key support added
98 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
99 GnuPG-related options are used
101 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
102 ninjahelper(s) changes
103 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
104 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
106 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
108 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
109 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
110 . updated to include Vserver selection
112 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
113 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
115 . enhanced for vserver support
116 . now able to select databases and dump directory
118 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
120 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
121 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
122 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
123 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
124 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
125 added makecd ninjahelper
126 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
127 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
128 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
129 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
130 update rdiff ninjahelper
131 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
132 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
133 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
135 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
136 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
137 fixed insecure temporary file creation
138 *****************************************
139 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
140 fixed incorrect find positional
141 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
142 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
143 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
144 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
145 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
146 man pages are greatly improved.
148 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
149 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
150 added vservers support to duplicity handler
151 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
152 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
153 have a look at example.dup.
155 documented .disabled method.
156 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
157 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
158 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
159 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
160 to be seen as a vserver
161 changes to sys handler
162 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
163 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
165 changes to pgsql handler
166 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
167 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
168 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
169 changes to ninjahelper
170 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
171 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
172 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
173 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
174 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
175 added helper for pgsql handler.
176 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
177 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
178 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
179 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
181 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
182 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
183 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
184 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
185 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
186 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
188 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
189 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
190 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
191 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
192 ******************************************************************
193 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
194 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
195 ******************************************************************
196 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
197 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
198 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
199 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
200 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
201 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
202 added "sign" option for backups signing
203 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
204 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
205 added "nicelevel" option
206 added "testconnect" option
207 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
208 added "bandwidthlimit" option
209 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
210 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
211 added configfile option to mysql handler
212 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
213 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
214 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
215 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
216 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
218 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
219 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
220 rdiff handler supports local dest
221 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
222 added "when = hourly"
223 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
224 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
225 improved 'when' parsing.
227 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
228 results of handlers are now read line by line.
229 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
230 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
231 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
232 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
233 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
234 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
235 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
236 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
237 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
239 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
240 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
241 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
242 added status in the subject line of report emails
244 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
245 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
246 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
247 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
248 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
250 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
251 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
253 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
254 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
256 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
257 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
258 fixed stderr redirect bug
259 some comments in example.rdiff
261 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
262 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
263 works now with gawk as well as mawk
264 many bug fixes to ldap handler
265 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
266 does not require /usr/bin/stat
268 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
269 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
270 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
272 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
274 moved sh support to a handler script
275 add test mode, where no action is taken.
277 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
278 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
279 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
281 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
282 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
283 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
284 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
285 all scripts are now run as root
287 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
288 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
289 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
290 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
291 added support for .mysql config files.
293 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004