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