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