1 version 0.9.5 -- unreleased
3 . Added first draft of method to aggregate reports from many servers into
4 one email. Requires logtail, rsync, configuration of reporthost,
5 reportdirectory and reportuser in backupninja.conf. Configure cron to
6 run once a day, and individual backupninjas not to report by email their
7 status, then enjoy one email report from all hosts, rather than multiple
9 . Fixed checks on configuration files permissions, since the patch
10 applied to fix #370396 broke this, especially for configuration files
11 created with permissions 000 by an older ninjahelper version.
12 . Enhanced portability for other platforms
15 . Fixed shell command quoting issues, missing 'then' clauses, cleaned up
16 compress=yes to be less redundant and not create empty uncompressed file
18 . Fixed case where odd combination of configuration options caused sqldump
19 backups to get overwritten with an empty file (Closes: #402679)
21 . Support configuring PGSQLUSER for real, and document it a bit; this
22 broken support actually prevented pgsql handler to work for VServers
25 . Added cstream support to allow for bandwidth limiting
27 . Fixed typo in rub handler that caused it to not work
28 . Changed to use lib/vserver code
31 . Fixed typo breaking things for VServers.
32 . Fix bug when vrootdir is on its own partition (Closes: #395928)
33 . Better sfdisk error and output handling: should now properly warn
34 when it does not manage to backup a partition table, and shut up when
35 it succeeds (Closes: #396632)
36 . Added option to not use sfdisk at all, useful for vserver/xen instances
37 that produce warnings about no harddisks found (Closes: #404071)
38 . Fixed example in example.sys to detail the __star__ in partitionsfile and
39 note why its necessary (Closes: #409192)
40 fixed 'make install' bug that failed if /etc/backup.d already existed
41 changed spaces to tabs in Makefile.am
42 updated examples/Makefile.am and handlers/Makefile.am to include rsnap/rub files
45 version 0.9.4 -- October 6th, 2006
47 . Fixed bug in toint(), and thus isnow(), which caused it
48 to not work when run from cron.
49 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
50 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
51 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
52 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
53 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
54 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
55 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
56 symlinks for $configdirectory
57 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
58 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
59 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
60 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
65 . rotated rsync snapshops
66 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
68 . alternative to rsnap
69 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
71 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
72 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
73 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
74 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
75 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
76 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
78 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
79 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
80 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
81 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
82 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
83 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
85 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
87 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
88 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
89 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
90 between various readlink versions in this field.
91 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
92 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
93 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
94 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
95 following to the top of the handler config:
96 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
99 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
100 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
101 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
102 between various readlink versions in this field.
103 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
104 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
106 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
107 0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
108 sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
109 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
111 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
112 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
113 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks
115 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
117 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
119 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
121 . fixed problem when src was set to the trac repo directly (Closes: #382737)
124 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
125 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
126 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
127 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
129 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
130 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
131 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
132 symlinks for $configdirectory
133 . Stop checking helpers perms: both "make install" and distros packages
134 install them with appropriate permissions, it's overzealous to check
135 this at runtime, and is more complicated to do with current
138 . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
139 changed cron permissions to 644
140 changed /etc/backup.d permissions to 0770 (for admingroup)
141 minor documentation fixes
142 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
143 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
144 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
145 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
147 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
151 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
152 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
153 out more easily they can customize them
155 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
157 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
158 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
160 . fixed no user defaults file processing
162 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
163 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
164 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
165 disabled in backupninja.conf
166 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
167 in vsnames config variable
169 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
170 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
171 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
172 "vsnames" configuration setting
175 . fixed errors in create remote dir
176 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
177 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
179 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
181 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
182 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
185 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
186 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
187 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
188 don't follow symlinks)
189 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
190 . new function: vservers_exist
193 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
195 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
197 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
198 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
200 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
201 backupninja and ninjahelper
204 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
206 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
207 . different signing and encrypting key support added
208 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
209 GnuPG-related options are used
211 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
212 ninjahelper(s) changes
213 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
214 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
216 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
218 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
219 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
220 . updated to include Vserver selection
222 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
223 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
225 . enhanced for vserver support
226 . now able to select databases and dump directory
228 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
230 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
231 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
232 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
233 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
234 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
235 added makecd ninjahelper
236 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
237 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
238 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
239 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
240 update rdiff ninjahelper
241 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
242 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
243 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
245 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
246 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
247 fixed insecure temporary file creation
248 *****************************************
249 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
250 fixed incorrect find positional
251 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
252 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
253 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
254 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
255 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
256 man pages are greatly improved.
258 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
259 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
260 added vservers support to duplicity handler
261 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
262 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
263 have a look at example.dup.
265 documented .disabled method.
266 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
267 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
268 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
269 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
270 to be seen as a vserver
271 changes to sys handler
272 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
273 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
275 changes to pgsql handler
276 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
277 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
278 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
279 changes to ninjahelper
280 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
281 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
282 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
283 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
284 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
285 added helper for pgsql handler.
286 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
287 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
288 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
289 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
291 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
292 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
293 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
294 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
295 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
296 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
298 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
299 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
300 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
301 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
302 ******************************************************************
303 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
304 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
305 ******************************************************************
306 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
307 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
308 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
309 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
310 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
311 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
312 added "sign" option for backups signing
313 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
314 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
315 added "nicelevel" option
316 added "testconnect" option
317 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
318 added "bandwidthlimit" option
319 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
320 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
321 added configfile option to mysql handler
322 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
323 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
324 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
325 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
326 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
328 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
329 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
330 rdiff handler supports local dest
331 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
332 added "when = hourly"
333 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
334 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
335 improved 'when' parsing.
337 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
338 results of handlers are now read line by line.
339 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
340 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
341 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
342 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
343 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
344 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
345 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
346 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
347 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
349 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
350 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
351 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
352 added status in the subject line of report emails
354 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
355 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
356 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
357 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
358 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
360 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
361 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
363 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
364 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
366 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
367 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
368 fixed stderr redirect bug
369 some comments in example.rdiff
371 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
372 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
373 works now with gawk as well as mawk
374 many bug fixes to ldap handler
375 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
376 does not require /usr/bin/stat
378 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
379 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
380 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
382 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
384 moved sh support to a handler script
385 add test mode, where no action is taken.
387 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
388 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
389 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
391 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
392 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
393 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
394 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
395 all scripts are now run as root
397 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
398 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
399 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
400 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
401 added support for .mysql config files.
403 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004