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