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