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