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