1 version 0.9.3 -- unreleased
4 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
5 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
6 out more easily they can customize them
9 . fixed no user defaults file processing
12 . fixed errors in create remote dir
13 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
14 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
16 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
18 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
19 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
22 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
24 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
26 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
27 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
29 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
30 backupninja and ninjahelper
33 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
35 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
36 . different signing and encrypting key support added
37 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
38 GnuPG-related options are used
40 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
41 ninjahelper(s) changes
42 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
43 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
45 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
47 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
48 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
49 . updated to include Vserver selection
51 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
52 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
54 . enhanced for vserver support
55 . now able to select databases and dump directory
57 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
59 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
60 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
61 (thanks to Petr KlĂma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
62 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
63 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
64 added makecd ninjahelper
65 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
66 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
67 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
68 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
69 update rdiff ninjahelper
70 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
71 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
72 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
74 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
75 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
76 fixed insecure temporary file creation
77 *****************************************
78 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
79 fixed incorrect find positional
80 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
81 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
82 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
83 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
84 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
85 man pages are greatly improved.
87 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
88 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
89 added vservers support to duplicity handler
90 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
91 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
92 have a look at example.dup.
94 documented .disabled method.
95 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
96 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
97 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
98 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
99 to be seen as a vserver
100 changes to sys handler
101 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
102 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
104 changes to pgsql handler
105 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
106 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
107 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
108 changes to ninjahelper
109 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
110 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
111 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
112 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
113 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
114 added helper for pgsql handler.
115 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
116 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
117 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
118 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
120 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
121 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
122 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
123 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
124 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
125 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
127 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
128 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
129 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
130 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
131 ******************************************************************
132 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
133 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
134 ******************************************************************
135 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
136 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
137 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
138 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
139 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
140 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
141 added "sign" option for backups signing
142 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
143 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
144 added "nicelevel" option
145 added "testconnect" option
146 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
147 added "bandwidthlimit" option
148 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
149 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
150 added configfile option to mysql handler
151 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
152 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
153 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
154 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
155 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
157 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
158 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
159 rdiff handler supports local dest
160 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
161 added "when = hourly"
162 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
163 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
164 improved 'when' parsing.
166 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
167 results of handlers are now read line by line.
168 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
169 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
170 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
171 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
172 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
173 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
174 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
175 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
176 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
178 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
179 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
180 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
181 added status in the subject line of report emails
183 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
184 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
185 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
186 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
187 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
189 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
190 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
192 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
193 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
195 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
196 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
197 fixed stderr redirect bug
198 some comments in example.rdiff
200 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
201 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
202 works now with gawk as well as mawk
203 many bug fixes to ldap handler
204 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
205 does not require /usr/bin/stat
207 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
208 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
209 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
211 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
213 moved sh support to a handler script
214 add test mode, where no action is taken.
216 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
217 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
218 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
220 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
221 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
222 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
223 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
224 all scripts are now run as root
226 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
227 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
228 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
229 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
230 added support for .mysql config files.
232 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004