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