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 (Debian: #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
17 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
19 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
20 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
22 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
23 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
25 . Many more system checks were added, thanks to Petr Klíma
28 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
29 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
30 changed cron permissions to 644
31 minor documentation fixes
33 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
37 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
38 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
39 out more easily they can customize them
41 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
43 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
44 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
46 . fixed no user defaults file processing
48 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
49 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
50 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
51 disabled in backupninja.conf
52 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
53 in vsnames config variable
55 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
56 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
57 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
58 "vsnames" configuration setting
61 . fixed errors in create remote dir
62 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
63 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
65 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
67 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
68 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
71 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
72 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
73 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
74 don't follow symlinks)
75 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
76 . new function: vservers_exist
79 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
81 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
83 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
84 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
86 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
87 backupninja and ninjahelper
90 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
92 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
93 . different signing and encrypting key support added
94 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
95 GnuPG-related options are used
97 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
98 ninjahelper(s) changes
99 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
100 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
102 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
104 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
105 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
106 . updated to include Vserver selection
108 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
109 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
111 . enhanced for vserver support
112 . now able to select databases and dump directory
114 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
116 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
117 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
118 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
119 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
120 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
121 added makecd ninjahelper
122 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
123 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
124 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
125 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
126 update rdiff ninjahelper
127 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
128 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
129 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
131 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
132 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
133 fixed insecure temporary file creation
134 *****************************************
135 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
136 fixed incorrect find positional
137 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
138 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
139 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
140 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
141 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
142 man pages are greatly improved.
144 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
145 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
146 added vservers support to duplicity handler
147 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
148 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
149 have a look at example.dup.
151 documented .disabled method.
152 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
153 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
154 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
155 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
156 to be seen as a vserver
157 changes to sys handler
158 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
159 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
161 changes to pgsql handler
162 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
163 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
164 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
165 changes to ninjahelper
166 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
167 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
168 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
169 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
170 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
171 added helper for pgsql handler.
172 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
173 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
174 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
175 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
177 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
178 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
179 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
180 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
181 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
182 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
184 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
185 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
186 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
187 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
188 ******************************************************************
189 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
190 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
191 ******************************************************************
192 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
193 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
194 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
195 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
196 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
197 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
198 added "sign" option for backups signing
199 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
200 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
201 added "nicelevel" option
202 added "testconnect" option
203 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
204 added "bandwidthlimit" option
205 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
206 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
207 added configfile option to mysql handler
208 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
209 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
210 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
211 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
212 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
214 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
215 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
216 rdiff handler supports local dest
217 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
218 added "when = hourly"
219 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
220 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
221 improved 'when' parsing.
223 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
224 results of handlers are now read line by line.
225 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
226 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
227 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
228 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
229 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
230 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
231 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
232 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
233 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
235 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
236 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
237 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
238 added status in the subject line of report emails
240 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
241 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
242 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
243 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
244 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
246 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
247 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
249 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
250 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
252 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
253 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
254 fixed stderr redirect bug
255 some comments in example.rdiff
257 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
258 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
259 works now with gawk as well as mawk
260 many bug fixes to ldap handler
261 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
262 does not require /usr/bin/stat
264 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
265 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
266 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
268 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
270 moved sh support to a handler script
271 add test mode, where no action is taken.
273 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
274 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
275 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
277 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
278 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
279 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
280 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
281 all scripts are now run as root
283 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
284 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
285 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
286 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
287 added support for .mysql config files.
289 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004