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