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