1 version 0.9.6 -- unreleased
3 . fix bug in cstream definition, thanks Jamie McClelland
4 . Allow the entire backup run to be halted by an action, thanks to
5 Matthew Palmer (Closes: #455836)
9 . Better support for new duplicity (>= 0.4.4) command line syntax:
10 run remove-older-than when $keep is not set to yes (Closes: #458816),
11 and run "duplicity cleanup" before any other duplicity command; both
12 only trigger a warning on failure, since they should not stop backups
13 from being done. Also migrated full/incremental backup switch to the
15 . Support every duplicity-supported transport with new configuration
16 option desturl (Closes: #483712, #346040, Trac#2).
18 . support HDB backend just as the BDB one, and make message clearer
19 when no supported backend is found (Closes: #476910)
21 . Fixed ignore_version default value missing
22 . Add patch from Matthew Palmer to rdiff handler to incorporate sshoptions
23 into options via remote-schema not already specified (Closes: #424639)
25 . New handler from rhatto designed to incrementally pull content from
26 a website to a local folder, based on the rsync handler
28 . fixed bug where maildirs that start with a number were skipped.
29 . make deleted maildirs record the date they were deleted
30 . add destid_file configuration option to enable you to specify an alternate
31 ssh public key authentication file (defaulting to /root/.ssh/id_rsa)
33 version 0.9.5 -- December 2, 2007
35 . Fixed checks on configuration files permissions, since the patch
36 applied to fix #370396 broke this, especially for configuration files
37 created with permissions 000 by an older ninjahelper version.
38 . Enhanced portability for other platforms
39 . Added quoting because it was needed to prevent shell expansion, broking the
40 toint function sometimes (Closes: Trac#11)
41 . Fixed reportspace option (Closes: Trac#10)
42 . Fixed ldap handler not recognizing database suffix (Closes: Trac#28)
45 . Support duplicity >= 0.4.3 invocation syntax (--ssh-command option
46 is not supported anymore) (Closes: #447425)
47 . New tmpdir configuration option, very useful in case duplicity tends
50 . Fixed shell command quoting issues, missing 'then' clauses, cleaned up
51 compress=yes to be less redundant and not create empty uncompressed
52 file (Closes: #394935)
53 . Fixed ninjahelper to properly set compress option, standardized on yes/no
55 . Fixed problem that caused combination of slapcat and compress to not work
56 together (Closes: Trac#29)
57 . Applied patch from romain.tartiere@healthgrid.org to fix the SSL/TLS options
58 to be correct, also set TLS to be the default over SSL (Closes: Trac#13)
60 . Added an examples file (Closes: Trac#23)
61 . Applied patch from Anarcat that fixes the cp/mkdir calls to not use GNU
62 coreutils options, as well as some bashisms (Closes: Trac#24)
63 . Fix test mode (Closes: Trac#25)
65 . Fixed case where odd combination of configuration options caused sqldump
66 backups to get overwritten with an empty file (Closes: #402679)
67 . Added 'nodata' option to enable you to specify tables that you want to omit
68 the data from a backup, but still backup the table structure. This is very
69 useful in cases where tables contain large amounts of cache data. See the
70 example.mysql for options, thanks Daniel Bonniot (Closes: #408829)
71 . Enhance code for selecting databases by asking MySQL not to give us the
72 header (-N), to not draw pretty boxes around the output (-B), send the query
73 via -e instead of a pipe and ensure MySQL listens to -B. Thanks to
74 Matthew Palmer (Closes: #452039).
76 . Support configuring PGSQLUSER for real, and document it a bit; this
77 broken support actually prevented pgsql handler to work for VServers
80 . Added cstream support to allow for bandwidth limiting
81 . Handle "keep = yes" to disable old backups removal (Closes: #424633)
82 . Add configuration option to allow you to disable the version check
83 as in some instances this may be an ok scenario (Closes: #424632)
84 . Added local destination support to helper (Closes: Trac#4)
85 . Allow exclude-only configurations (Closes: Trac#21)
87 . Fixed typo in rub handler that caused it to not work
88 . Changed to use lib/vserver code
90 . Fixed integer comparison (Closes: Trac#3)
91 . Renamed handler to 'rsync', replaces outdated rub handler
92 . updated examples/Makefile.am and handlers/Makefile.am to include
93 rsnap/rsync (Closes: #440554)
94 . Added example.rsync configuration file
96 . Fixed typo breaking things for VServers.
97 . Fix bug when vrootdir is on its own partition (Closes: #395928)
98 . Better sfdisk error and output handling: should now properly warn
99 when it does not manage to backup a partition table, and shut up when
100 it succeeds (Closes: #396632)
101 . Added option to not use sfdisk at all, useful for vserver/xen instances
102 that produce warnings about no harddisks found (Closes: #404071)
103 . Fixed example in example.sys to detail the __star__ in partitionsfile and
104 note why its necessary (Closes: #409192)
105 . Force C locale for sfdisk to ensure english words are found in grep
106 . Make directory where output is placed configurable, and create the parent dir
107 if it doesn't exist (Closes: Trac#1)
109 . Added first draft of method to aggregate reports from many servers into
110 one email. Requires logtail, rsync, configuration of reporthost,
111 reportdirectory and reportuser in backupninja.conf. Configure cron to
112 run once a day, and individual backupninjas not to report by email their
113 status, then enjoy one email report from all hosts, rather than multiple
114 fixed 'make install' bug that failed if /etc/backup.d already existed
115 changed spaces to tabs in Makefile.am
116 updated redhat spec file (thanks Adam Monsen)
118 version 0.9.4 -- October 6th, 2006
120 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
121 to not work when run from cron.
122 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
123 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
124 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
125 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
126 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
127 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
128 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
129 symlinks for $configdirectory
130 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
131 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
132 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
133 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
138 . rotated rsync snapshops
139 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
141 . alternative to rsnap
142 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
144 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
145 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
146 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
147 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
148 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
149 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
151 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
152 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
153 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
154 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
155 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
156 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
158 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
160 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
161 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
162 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
163 between various readlink versions in this field.
164 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
165 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
166 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
167 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
168 following to the top of the handler config:
169 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
172 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
173 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
174 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
175 between various readlink versions in this field.
176 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
177 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
179 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
180 0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
181 sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
182 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
184 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr KlĂma)
185 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
186 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks
188 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
190 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
192 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
194 . fixed problem when src was set to the trac repo directly (Closes: #382737)
197 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
198 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
199 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
200 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
202 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
203 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
204 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
205 symlinks for $configdirectory
206 . Stop checking helpers perms: both "make install" and distros packages
207 install them with appropriate permissions, it's overzealous to check
208 this at runtime, and is more complicated to do with current
211 . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
212 changed cron permissions to 644
213 changed /etc/backup.d permissions to 0770 (for admingroup)
214 minor documentation fixes
215 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
216 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
217 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
218 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
220 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
224 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
225 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
226 out more easily they can customize them
228 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
230 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
231 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
233 . fixed no user defaults file processing
235 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
236 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
237 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
238 disabled in backupninja.conf
239 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
240 in vsnames config variable
242 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
243 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
244 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
245 "vsnames" configuration setting
248 . fixed errors in create remote dir
249 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
250 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
252 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
254 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
255 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
258 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
259 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
260 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
261 don't follow symlinks)
262 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
263 . new function: vservers_exist
266 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
268 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
270 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
271 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
273 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
274 backupninja and ninjahelper
277 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
279 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
280 . different signing and encrypting key support added
281 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
282 GnuPG-related options are used
284 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
285 ninjahelper(s) changes
286 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
287 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
289 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
291 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
292 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
293 . updated to include Vserver selection
295 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
296 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
298 . enhanced for vserver support
299 . now able to select databases and dump directory
301 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
303 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
304 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
305 (thanks to Petr KlĂma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
306 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
307 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
308 added makecd ninjahelper
309 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
310 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
311 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
312 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
313 update rdiff ninjahelper
314 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
315 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
316 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
318 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
319 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
320 fixed insecure temporary file creation
321 *****************************************
322 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
323 fixed incorrect find positional
324 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
325 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
326 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
327 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
328 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
329 man pages are greatly improved.
331 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
332 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
333 added vservers support to duplicity handler
334 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
335 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
336 have a look at example.dup.
338 documented .disabled method.
339 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
340 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
341 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
342 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
343 to be seen as a vserver
344 changes to sys handler
345 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
346 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
348 changes to pgsql handler
349 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
350 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
351 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
352 changes to ninjahelper
353 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
354 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
355 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
356 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
357 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
358 added helper for pgsql handler.
359 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
360 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
361 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
362 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
364 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
365 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
366 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
367 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
368 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
369 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
371 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
372 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
373 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
374 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
375 ******************************************************************
376 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
377 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
378 ******************************************************************
379 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
380 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
381 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
382 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
383 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
384 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
385 added "sign" option for backups signing
386 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
387 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
388 added "nicelevel" option
389 added "testconnect" option
390 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
391 added "bandwidthlimit" option
392 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
393 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
394 added configfile option to mysql handler
395 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
396 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
397 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
398 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
399 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
401 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
402 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
403 rdiff handler supports local dest
404 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
405 added "when = hourly"
406 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
407 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
408 improved 'when' parsing.
410 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
411 results of handlers are now read line by line.
412 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
413 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
414 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
415 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
416 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
417 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
418 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
419 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
420 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
422 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
423 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
424 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
425 added status in the subject line of report emails
427 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
428 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
429 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
430 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
431 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
433 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
434 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
436 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
437 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
439 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
440 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
441 fixed stderr redirect bug
442 some comments in example.rdiff
444 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
445 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
446 works now with gawk as well as mawk
447 many bug fixes to ldap handler
448 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
449 does not require /usr/bin/stat
451 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
452 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
453 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
455 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
457 moved sh support to a handler script
458 add test mode, where no action is taken.
460 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
461 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
462 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
464 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
465 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
466 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
467 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
468 all scripts are now run as root
470 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
471 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
472 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
473 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
474 added support for .mysql config files.
476 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004