1 version 0.9.2 -- unreleased
2 trac handler mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
3 fixed broken toint() causing backups not to run when set to "everyday"
4 update backupninja.conf.5 man page to include "when" and "vservers"
5 fixed missing makecd.helper in Makefile.am/.in
6 rdiff ninjahelper bugfixes:
7 used to expand '*' in default source directories
8 the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour... at least
10 moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
11 backupninja and ninjahelper
12 a bunch of Vserver-related functions for ninjahelper in lib/vservers.in,
13 used only in dup.helper and pgsql.helper yet
14 pgsql ninjahelper bugfixes:
15 forbid the user to choose an empty database set to backup
16 the "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
17 added duplicity ninjahelper, including:
18 a nice menu to choose the Vservers to backup (thanks to
21 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
22 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
23 (thanks to Petr KlĂma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
24 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
25 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
26 added makecd ninjahelper
27 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
28 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
29 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
30 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
31 update rdiff ninjahelper
32 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
33 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
34 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
36 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
37 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
38 fixed insecure temporary file creation
39 *****************************************
40 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
41 fixed incorrect find positional
42 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
43 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
44 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
45 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
46 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
47 man pages are greatly improved.
49 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
50 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
51 added vservers support to duplicity handler
52 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
53 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
54 have a look at example.dup.
56 documented .disabled method.
57 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
58 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
59 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
60 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
61 to be seen as a vserver
62 changes to sys handler
63 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
64 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
66 changes to pgsql handler
67 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
68 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
69 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
70 changes to ninjahelper
71 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
72 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
73 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
74 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
75 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
76 added helper for pgsql handler.
77 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
78 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
79 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
80 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
82 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
83 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
84 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
85 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
86 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
87 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
89 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
90 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
91 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
92 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
93 ******************************************************************
94 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
95 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
96 ******************************************************************
97 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
98 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
99 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
100 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
101 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
102 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
103 added "sign" option for backups signing
104 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
105 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
106 added "nicelevel" option
107 added "testconnect" option
108 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
109 added "bandwidthlimit" option
110 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
111 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
112 added configfile option to mysql handler
113 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
114 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
115 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
116 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
117 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
119 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
120 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
121 rdiff handler supports local dest
122 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
123 added "when = hourly"
124 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
125 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
126 improved 'when' parsing.
128 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
129 results of handlers are now read line by line.
130 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
131 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
132 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
133 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
134 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
135 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
136 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
137 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
138 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
140 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
141 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
142 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
143 added status in the subject line of report emails
145 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
146 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
147 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
148 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
149 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
151 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
152 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
154 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
155 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
157 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
158 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
159 fixed stderr redirect bug
160 some comments in example.rdiff
162 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
163 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
164 works now with gawk as well as mawk
165 many bug fixes to ldap handler
166 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
167 does not require /usr/bin/stat
169 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
170 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
171 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
173 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
175 moved sh support to a handler script
176 add test mode, where no action is taken.
178 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
179 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
180 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
182 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
183 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
184 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
185 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
186 all scripts are now run as root
188 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
189 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
190 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
191 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
192 added support for .mysql config files.
194 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004