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