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