1 version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
4 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Debian: #351083)
5 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
6 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
7 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
9 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
10 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
12 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
14 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
15 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
17 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
18 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
21 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
22 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
23 minor documentation fixes
25 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
29 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
30 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
31 out more easily they can customize them
33 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
35 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
36 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
38 . fixed no user defaults file processing
40 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
41 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
42 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
43 disabled in backupninja.conf
44 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
45 in vsnames config variable
47 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
48 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
49 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
50 "vsnames" configuration setting
53 . fixed errors in create remote dir
54 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
55 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
57 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
59 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
60 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
63 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
64 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
65 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
66 don't follow symlinks)
67 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
68 . new function: vservers_exist
71 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
73 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
75 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
76 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
78 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
79 backupninja and ninjahelper
82 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
84 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
85 . different signing and encrypting key support added
86 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
87 GnuPG-related options are used
89 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
90 ninjahelper(s) changes
91 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
92 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
94 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
96 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
97 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
98 . updated to include Vserver selection
100 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
101 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
103 . enhanced for vserver support
104 . now able to select databases and dump directory
106 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
108 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
109 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
110 (thanks to Petr KlĂma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
111 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
112 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
113 added makecd ninjahelper
114 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
115 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
116 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
117 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
118 update rdiff ninjahelper
119 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
120 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
121 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
123 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
124 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
125 fixed insecure temporary file creation
126 *****************************************
127 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
128 fixed incorrect find positional
129 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
130 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
131 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
132 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
133 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
134 man pages are greatly improved.
136 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
137 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
138 added vservers support to duplicity handler
139 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
140 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
141 have a look at example.dup.
143 documented .disabled method.
144 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
145 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
146 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
147 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
148 to be seen as a vserver
149 changes to sys handler
150 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
151 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
153 changes to pgsql handler
154 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
155 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
156 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
157 changes to ninjahelper
158 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
159 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
160 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
161 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
162 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
163 added helper for pgsql handler.
164 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
165 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
166 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
167 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
169 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
170 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
171 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
172 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
173 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
174 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
176 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
177 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
178 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
179 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
180 ******************************************************************
181 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
182 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
183 ******************************************************************
184 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
185 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
186 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
187 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
188 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
189 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
190 added "sign" option for backups signing
191 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
192 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
193 added "nicelevel" option
194 added "testconnect" option
195 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
196 added "bandwidthlimit" option
197 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
198 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
199 added configfile option to mysql handler
200 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
201 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
202 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
203 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
204 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
206 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
207 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
208 rdiff handler supports local dest
209 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
210 added "when = hourly"
211 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
212 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
213 improved 'when' parsing.
215 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
216 results of handlers are now read line by line.
217 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
218 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
219 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
220 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
221 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
222 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
223 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
224 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
225 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
227 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
228 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
229 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
230 added status in the subject line of report emails
232 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
233 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
234 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
235 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
236 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
238 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
239 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
241 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
242 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
244 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
245 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
246 fixed stderr redirect bug
247 some comments in example.rdiff
249 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
250 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
251 works now with gawk as well as mawk
252 many bug fixes to ldap handler
253 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
254 does not require /usr/bin/stat
256 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
257 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
258 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
260 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
262 moved sh support to a handler script
263 add test mode, where no action is taken.
265 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
266 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
267 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
269 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
270 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
271 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
272 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
273 all scripts are now run as root
275 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
276 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
277 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
278 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
279 added support for .mysql config files.
281 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004