1 version 0.9.5 -- unreleased
3 . Fixed checks on configuration files permissions, since the patch
4 applied to fix #370396 broke this, especially for configuration files
5 created with permissions 000 by an older ninjahelper version.
8 . Fixed typo breaking things for VServers.
9 . Fix bug when vrootdir is on its own partition (Closes: #395928)
11 . Support configuring PGSQLUSER for real, and document it a bit
13 fixed automake 'make install' bug that failed if /etc/backup.d already
16 version 0.9.4 -- October 6th, 2006
18 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
19 to not work when run from cron.
20 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
21 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
22 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
23 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
24 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
25 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
26 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
27 symlinks for $configdirectory
28 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
29 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
30 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
31 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
36 . rotated rsync snapshops
37 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
39 . alternative to rsnap
40 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
42 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
43 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
44 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
45 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
46 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
47 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
49 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
50 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
51 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
52 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
53 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
54 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
56 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
58 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
59 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
60 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
61 between various readlink versions in this field.
62 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
63 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
64 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
65 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
66 following to the top of the handler config:
67 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
70 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
71 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
72 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
73 between various readlink versions in this field.
74 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
75 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
77 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
78 0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
79 sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
80 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
82 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
83 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
84 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks
86 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
88 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
90 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
92 . fixed problem when src was set to the trac repo directly (Closes: #382737)
95 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
96 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
97 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
98 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
100 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
101 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
102 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
103 symlinks for $configdirectory
104 . Stop checking helpers perms: both "make install" and distros packages
105 install them with appropriate permissions, it's overzealous to check
106 this at runtime, and is more complicated to do with current
109 . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
110 changed cron permissions to 644
111 changed /etc/backup.d permissions to 0770 (for admingroup)
112 minor documentation fixes
113 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
114 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
115 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
116 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
118 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
122 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
123 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
124 out more easily they can customize them
126 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
128 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
129 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
131 . fixed no user defaults file processing
133 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
134 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
135 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
136 disabled in backupninja.conf
137 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
138 in vsnames config variable
140 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
141 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
142 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
143 "vsnames" configuration setting
146 . fixed errors in create remote dir
147 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
148 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
150 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
152 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
153 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
156 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
157 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
158 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
159 don't follow symlinks)
160 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
161 . new function: vservers_exist
164 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
166 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
168 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
169 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
171 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
172 backupninja and ninjahelper
175 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
177 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
178 . different signing and encrypting key support added
179 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
180 GnuPG-related options are used
182 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
183 ninjahelper(s) changes
184 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
185 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
187 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
189 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
190 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
191 . updated to include Vserver selection
193 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
194 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
196 . enhanced for vserver support
197 . now able to select databases and dump directory
199 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
201 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
202 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
203 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
204 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
205 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
206 added makecd ninjahelper
207 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
208 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
209 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
210 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
211 update rdiff ninjahelper
212 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
213 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
214 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
216 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
217 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
218 fixed insecure temporary file creation
219 *****************************************
220 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
221 fixed incorrect find positional
222 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
223 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
224 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
225 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
226 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
227 man pages are greatly improved.
229 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
230 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
231 added vservers support to duplicity handler
232 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
233 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
234 have a look at example.dup.
236 documented .disabled method.
237 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
238 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
239 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
240 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
241 to be seen as a vserver
242 changes to sys handler
243 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
244 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
246 changes to pgsql handler
247 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
248 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
249 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
250 changes to ninjahelper
251 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
252 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
253 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
254 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
255 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
256 added helper for pgsql handler.
257 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
258 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
259 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
260 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
262 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
263 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
264 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
265 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
266 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
267 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
269 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
270 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
271 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
272 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
273 ******************************************************************
274 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
275 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
276 ******************************************************************
277 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
278 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
279 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
280 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
281 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
282 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
283 added "sign" option for backups signing
284 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
285 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
286 added "nicelevel" option
287 added "testconnect" option
288 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
289 added "bandwidthlimit" option
290 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
291 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
292 added configfile option to mysql handler
293 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
294 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
295 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
296 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
297 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
299 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
300 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
301 rdiff handler supports local dest
302 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
303 added "when = hourly"
304 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
305 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
306 improved 'when' parsing.
308 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
309 results of handlers are now read line by line.
310 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
311 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
312 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
313 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
314 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
315 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
316 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
317 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
318 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
320 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
321 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
322 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
323 added status in the subject line of report emails
325 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
326 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
327 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
328 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
329 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
331 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
332 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
334 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
335 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
337 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
338 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
339 fixed stderr redirect bug
340 some comments in example.rdiff
342 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
343 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
344 works now with gawk as well as mawk
345 many bug fixes to ldap handler
346 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
347 does not require /usr/bin/stat
349 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
350 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
351 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
353 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
355 moved sh support to a handler script
356 add test mode, where no action is taken.
358 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
359 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
360 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
362 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
363 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
364 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
365 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
366 all scripts are now run as root
368 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
369 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
370 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
371 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
372 added support for .mysql config files.
374 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004