1 version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
3 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
4 to not work when run from cron.
5 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
6 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
7 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
8 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
9 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
10 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
11 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
12 symlinks for $configdirectory
13 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
14 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
15 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
16 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
21 . rotated rsync snapshops
22 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
24 . alternative to rsnap
25 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
27 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
28 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
29 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
30 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
31 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
32 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
34 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
35 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
36 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
37 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
38 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
39 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
41 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
43 . Symlink and globbing support enhancement and clarification: for
44 a given include/exclude/vsinclude statement, rdiff handler now
45 support EITHER globbing with '*' OR symlinks in the path.
46 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
47 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
48 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
49 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
50 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
51 following to the top of the handler config:
52 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
55 . Symlink and globbing support enhancement and clarification: for
56 a given include/exclude/vsinclude statement, dup handler now
57 support EITHER globbing with '*' OR symlinks in the path.
58 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
59 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
61 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
62 0.4.3 will integrate them)
63 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
65 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
66 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
67 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks Tom Hoover)
68 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
70 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
71 . ldaphost and tls options added for ldapsearch method (Closes: #362027)
73 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
76 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
77 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
78 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
79 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
81 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
82 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
83 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
84 symlinks for $configdirectory
85 changed cron permissions to 644
86 minor documentation fixes
87 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
88 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
89 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
90 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
92 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
96 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
97 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
98 out more easily they can customize them
100 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
102 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
103 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
105 . fixed no user defaults file processing
107 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
108 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
109 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
110 disabled in backupninja.conf
111 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
112 in vsnames config variable
114 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
115 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
116 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
117 "vsnames" configuration setting
120 . fixed errors in create remote dir
121 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
122 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
124 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
126 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
127 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
130 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
131 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
132 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
133 don't follow symlinks)
134 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
135 . new function: vservers_exist
138 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
140 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
142 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
143 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
145 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
146 backupninja and ninjahelper
149 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
151 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
152 . different signing and encrypting key support added
153 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
154 GnuPG-related options are used
156 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
157 ninjahelper(s) changes
158 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
159 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
161 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
163 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
164 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
165 . updated to include Vserver selection
167 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
168 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
170 . enhanced for vserver support
171 . now able to select databases and dump directory
173 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
175 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
176 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
177 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
178 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
179 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
180 added makecd ninjahelper
181 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
182 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
183 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
184 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
185 update rdiff ninjahelper
186 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
187 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
188 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
190 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
191 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
192 fixed insecure temporary file creation
193 *****************************************
194 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
195 fixed incorrect find positional
196 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
197 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
198 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
199 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
200 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
201 man pages are greatly improved.
203 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
204 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
205 added vservers support to duplicity handler
206 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
207 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
208 have a look at example.dup.
210 documented .disabled method.
211 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
212 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
213 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
214 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
215 to be seen as a vserver
216 changes to sys handler
217 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
218 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
220 changes to pgsql handler
221 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
222 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
223 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
224 changes to ninjahelper
225 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
226 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
227 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
228 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
229 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
230 added helper for pgsql handler.
231 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
232 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
233 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
234 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
236 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
237 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
238 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
239 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
240 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
241 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
243 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
244 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
245 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
246 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
247 ******************************************************************
248 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
249 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
250 ******************************************************************
251 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
252 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
253 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
254 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
255 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
256 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
257 added "sign" option for backups signing
258 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
259 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
260 added "nicelevel" option
261 added "testconnect" option
262 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
263 added "bandwidthlimit" option
264 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
265 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
266 added configfile option to mysql handler
267 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
268 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
269 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
270 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
271 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
273 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
274 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
275 rdiff handler supports local dest
276 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
277 added "when = hourly"
278 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
279 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
280 improved 'when' parsing.
282 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
283 results of handlers are now read line by line.
284 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
285 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
286 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
287 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
288 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
289 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
290 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
291 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
292 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
294 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
295 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
296 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
297 added status in the subject line of report emails
299 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
300 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
301 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
302 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
303 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
305 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
306 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
308 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
309 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
311 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
312 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
313 fixed stderr redirect bug
314 some comments in example.rdiff
316 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
317 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
318 works now with gawk as well as mawk
319 many bug fixes to ldap handler
320 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
321 does not require /usr/bin/stat
323 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
324 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
325 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
327 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
329 moved sh support to a handler script
330 add test mode, where no action is taken.
332 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
333 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
334 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
336 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
337 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
338 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
339 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
340 all scripts are now run as root
342 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
343 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
344 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
345 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
346 added support for .mysql config files.
348 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004