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
11 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
12 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
15 . fixed errors in create remote dir
16 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
17 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
19 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
21 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
22 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
25 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
27 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
29 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
30 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
32 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
33 backupninja and ninjahelper
36 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
38 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
39 . different signing and encrypting key support added
40 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
41 GnuPG-related options are used
43 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
44 ninjahelper(s) changes
45 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
46 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
48 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
50 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
51 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
52 . updated to include Vserver selection
54 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
55 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
57 . enhanced for vserver support
58 . now able to select databases and dump directory
60 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
62 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
63 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
64 (thanks to Petr KlĂma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
65 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
66 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
67 added makecd ninjahelper
68 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
69 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
70 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
71 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
72 update rdiff ninjahelper
73 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
74 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
75 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
77 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
78 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
79 fixed insecure temporary file creation
80 *****************************************
81 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
82 fixed incorrect find positional
83 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
84 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
85 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
86 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
87 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
88 man pages are greatly improved.
90 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
91 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
92 added vservers support to duplicity handler
93 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
94 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
95 have a look at example.dup.
97 documented .disabled method.
98 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
99 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
100 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
101 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
102 to be seen as a vserver
103 changes to sys handler
104 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
105 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
107 changes to pgsql handler
108 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
109 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
110 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
111 changes to ninjahelper
112 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
113 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
114 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
115 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
116 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
117 added helper for pgsql handler.
118 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
119 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
120 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
121 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
123 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
124 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
125 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
126 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
127 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
128 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
130 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
131 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
132 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
133 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
134 ******************************************************************
135 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
136 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
137 ******************************************************************
138 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
139 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
140 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
141 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
142 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
143 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
144 added "sign" option for backups signing
145 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
146 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
147 added "nicelevel" option
148 added "testconnect" option
149 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
150 added "bandwidthlimit" option
151 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
152 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
153 added configfile option to mysql handler
154 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
155 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
156 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
157 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
158 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
160 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
161 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
162 rdiff handler supports local dest
163 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
164 added "when = hourly"
165 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
166 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
167 improved 'when' parsing.
169 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
170 results of handlers are now read line by line.
171 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
172 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
173 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
174 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
175 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
176 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
177 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
178 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
179 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
181 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
182 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
183 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
184 added status in the subject line of report emails
186 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
187 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
188 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
189 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
190 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
192 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
193 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
195 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
196 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
198 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
199 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
200 fixed stderr redirect bug
201 some comments in example.rdiff
203 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
204 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
205 works now with gawk as well as mawk
206 many bug fixes to ldap handler
207 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
208 does not require /usr/bin/stat
210 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
211 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
212 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
214 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
216 moved sh support to a handler script
217 add test mode, where no action is taken.
219 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
220 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
221 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
223 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
224 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
225 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
226 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
227 all scripts are now run as root
229 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
230 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
231 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
232 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
233 added support for .mysql config files.
235 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004