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.
6 Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
9 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
10 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
11 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
12 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
14 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
15 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
16 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
17 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
19 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
21 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
22 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
24 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
25 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
27 . Many more system checks were added, thanks to Petr Klíma
30 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
31 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
32 changed cron permissions to 644
33 minor documentation fixes
35 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
39 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
40 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
41 out more easily they can customize them
43 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
45 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
46 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
48 . fixed no user defaults file processing
50 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
51 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
52 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
53 disabled in backupninja.conf
54 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
55 in vsnames config variable
57 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
58 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
59 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
60 "vsnames" configuration setting
63 . fixed errors in create remote dir
64 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
65 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
67 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
69 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
70 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
73 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
74 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
75 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
76 don't follow symlinks)
77 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
78 . new function: vservers_exist
81 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
83 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
85 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
86 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
88 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
89 backupninja and ninjahelper
92 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
94 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
95 . different signing and encrypting key support added
96 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
97 GnuPG-related options are used
99 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
100 ninjahelper(s) changes
101 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
102 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
104 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
106 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
107 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
108 . updated to include Vserver selection
110 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
111 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
113 . enhanced for vserver support
114 . now able to select databases and dump directory
116 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
118 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
119 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
120 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
121 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
122 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
123 added makecd ninjahelper
124 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
125 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
126 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
127 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
128 update rdiff ninjahelper
129 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
130 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
131 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
133 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
134 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
135 fixed insecure temporary file creation
136 *****************************************
137 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
138 fixed incorrect find positional
139 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
140 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
141 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
142 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
143 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
144 man pages are greatly improved.
146 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
147 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
148 added vservers support to duplicity handler
149 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
150 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
151 have a look at example.dup.
153 documented .disabled method.
154 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
155 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
156 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
157 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
158 to be seen as a vserver
159 changes to sys handler
160 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
161 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
163 changes to pgsql handler
164 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
165 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
166 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
167 changes to ninjahelper
168 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
169 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
170 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
171 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
172 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
173 added helper for pgsql handler.
174 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
175 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
176 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
177 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
179 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
180 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
181 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
182 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
183 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
184 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
186 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
187 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
188 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
189 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
190 ******************************************************************
191 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
192 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
193 ******************************************************************
194 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
195 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
196 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
197 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
198 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
199 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
200 added "sign" option for backups signing
201 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
202 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
203 added "nicelevel" option
204 added "testconnect" option
205 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
206 added "bandwidthlimit" option
207 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
208 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
209 added configfile option to mysql handler
210 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
211 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
212 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
213 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
214 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
216 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
217 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
218 rdiff handler supports local dest
219 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
220 added "when = hourly"
221 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
222 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
223 improved 'when' parsing.
225 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
226 results of handlers are now read line by line.
227 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
228 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
229 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
230 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
231 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
232 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
233 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
234 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
235 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
237 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
238 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
239 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
240 added status in the subject line of report emails
242 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
243 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
244 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
245 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
246 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
248 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
249 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
251 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
252 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
254 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
255 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
256 fixed stderr redirect bug
257 some comments in example.rdiff
259 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
260 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
261 works now with gawk as well as mawk
262 many bug fixes to ldap handler
263 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
264 does not require /usr/bin/stat
266 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
267 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
268 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
270 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
272 moved sh support to a handler script
273 add test mode, where no action is taken.
275 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
276 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
277 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
279 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
280 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
281 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
282 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
283 all scripts are now run as root
285 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
286 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
287 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
288 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
289 added support for .mysql config files.
291 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004