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