1 version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
3 Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
6 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Debian: #351083)
7 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
8 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
9 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
11 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
12 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
14 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
16 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
17 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
19 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
20 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
23 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
24 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
25 changed cron permissions to 644
26 minor documentation fixes
28 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
32 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
33 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
34 out more easily they can customize them
36 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
38 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
39 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
41 . fixed no user defaults file processing
43 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
44 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
45 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
46 disabled in backupninja.conf
47 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
48 in vsnames config variable
50 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
51 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
52 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
53 "vsnames" configuration setting
56 . fixed errors in create remote dir
57 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
58 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
60 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
62 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
63 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
66 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
67 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
68 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
69 don't follow symlinks)
70 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
71 . new function: vservers_exist
74 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
76 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
78 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
79 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
81 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
82 backupninja and ninjahelper
85 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
87 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
88 . different signing and encrypting key support added
89 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
90 GnuPG-related options are used
92 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
93 ninjahelper(s) changes
94 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
95 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
97 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
99 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
100 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
101 . updated to include Vserver selection
103 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
104 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
106 . enhanced for vserver support
107 . now able to select databases and dump directory
109 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
111 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
112 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
113 (thanks to Petr KlĂma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
114 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
115 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
116 added makecd ninjahelper
117 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
118 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
119 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
120 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
121 update rdiff ninjahelper
122 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
123 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
124 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
126 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
127 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
128 fixed insecure temporary file creation
129 *****************************************
130 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
131 fixed incorrect find positional
132 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
133 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
134 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
135 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
136 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
137 man pages are greatly improved.
139 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
140 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
141 added vservers support to duplicity handler
142 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
143 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
144 have a look at example.dup.
146 documented .disabled method.
147 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
148 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
149 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
150 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
151 to be seen as a vserver
152 changes to sys handler
153 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
154 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
156 changes to pgsql handler
157 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
158 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
159 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
160 changes to ninjahelper
161 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
162 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
163 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
164 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
165 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
166 added helper for pgsql handler.
167 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
168 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
169 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
170 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
172 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
173 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
174 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
175 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
176 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
177 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
179 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
180 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
181 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
182 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
183 ******************************************************************
184 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
185 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
186 ******************************************************************
187 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
188 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
189 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
190 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
191 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
192 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
193 added "sign" option for backups signing
194 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
195 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
196 added "nicelevel" option
197 added "testconnect" option
198 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
199 added "bandwidthlimit" option
200 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
201 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
202 added configfile option to mysql handler
203 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
204 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
205 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
206 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
207 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
209 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
210 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
211 rdiff handler supports local dest
212 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
213 added "when = hourly"
214 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
215 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
216 improved 'when' parsing.
218 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
219 results of handlers are now read line by line.
220 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
221 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
222 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
223 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
224 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
225 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
226 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
227 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
228 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
230 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
231 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
232 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
233 added status in the subject line of report emails
235 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
236 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
237 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
238 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
239 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
241 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
242 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
244 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
245 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
247 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
248 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
249 fixed stderr redirect bug
250 some comments in example.rdiff
252 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
253 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
254 works now with gawk as well as mawk
255 many bug fixes to ldap handler
256 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
257 does not require /usr/bin/stat
259 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
260 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
261 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
263 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
265 moved sh support to a handler script
266 add test mode, where no action is taken.
268 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
269 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
270 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
272 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
273 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
274 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
275 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
276 all scripts are now run as root
278 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
279 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
280 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
281 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
282 added support for .mysql config files.
284 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004