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