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.
5 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
6 . Add admingroup option to configuration to allow a group that can
7 read/write configurations (instead of only allowing root). Checks
8 and complains about group-readable files only when the group differs
9 from the one in the configuration file (default is root as before).
10 Thanks to Martin Krafft for the patch (Closes: #370396).
11 . When determining which backup actions to make, find now follows
12 symlinks for $configdirectory
13 . Changed order of -s to mail for compatibility
14 . fixed permission stat call so it uses the --format supported by
15 coreutils (Closes: #382747)
16 . Added disk space report option (thanks Adam Kosmin)
21 . rotated rsync snapshops
22 . code from paulv@bikkel.org
24 . alternative to rsnap
25 . code from rhatto@riseup.net
27 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Closes: #351083)
28 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
29 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
30 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
31 . Compress for sqldumps now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
32 . Fixed --defaults-file now as --defaults-extra-file (thanks rhatto)
34 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
35 . Fixed su quote usage to be more posixy
36 . Fixed shell expansion, thanks Thomas Kotzian (Closes: #363297)
37 . postgres user UID is now the one from inside the vserver if necessary
38 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
39 . $PGSQLUSER is used instead of hardcoding user 'postgres' (although this is the default)
41 . Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
43 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
44 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
45 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
46 between various readlink versions in this field.
47 . Removed overzealous vsnames check
48 . Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
49 . add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
50 connections to ports other than 22 can be made by adding the
51 following to the top of the handler config:
52 options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
55 . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
56 clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
57 is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
58 between various readlink versions in this field.
59 . Removed over zealous vsnames check
60 . Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
62 . Support duplicity 0.4.2 (with Debian patches applied; upstream's
63 0.4.3 will integrate them); documented how to write sftp-compatible
64 sshoptions (Closes: #388543)
65 . Now forbid to (try to) include /.
67 . Many more system checks were added, (thanks to Petr Klíma)
68 . Added warning if no devices were found (thanks Ranier Zocholl)
69 . Enhanced debian package selections to include purged packages (thanks Tom Hoover)
70 . Removed warning about vserver not running (thanks anarcat)
72 . Compress now happens in-line to save some disk space (Closes: #370778)
74 . Added nicelevel option (thanks rhatto)
76 . fixed problem when src was set to the trac repo directly (Closes: #382737)
79 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
80 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
81 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with
82 different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
84 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
85 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
86 . When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
87 symlinks for $configdirectory
88 . Stop checking helpers perms: both "make install" and distros packages
89 install them with appropriate permissions, it's overzealous to check
90 this at runtime, and is more complicated to do with current
93 . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
94 changed cron permissions to 644
95 minor documentation fixes
96 improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
97 srpm-package' targets, also fixes permissions on man directories,
98 cleans up RPM-related files during distclean, and adds default
99 EDITOR for "autogen.sh -f" if none is set. (thanks Robert Napier)
101 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
105 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
106 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
107 out more easily they can customize them
109 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
111 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
112 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
114 . fixed no user defaults file processing
116 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
117 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
118 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
119 disabled in backupninja.conf
120 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
121 in vsnames config variable
123 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
124 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
125 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
126 "vsnames" configuration setting
129 . fixed errors in create remote dir
130 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
131 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
133 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
135 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
136 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
139 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
140 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
141 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
142 don't follow symlinks)
143 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
144 . new function: vservers_exist
147 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
149 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
151 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
152 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
154 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
155 backupninja and ninjahelper
158 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
160 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
161 . different signing and encrypting key support added
162 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
163 GnuPG-related options are used
165 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
166 ninjahelper(s) changes
167 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
168 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
170 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
172 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
173 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
174 . updated to include Vserver selection
176 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
177 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
179 . enhanced for vserver support
180 . now able to select databases and dump directory
182 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
184 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
185 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
186 (thanks to Petr Klíma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
187 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
188 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
189 added makecd ninjahelper
190 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
191 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
192 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
193 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
194 update rdiff ninjahelper
195 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
196 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
197 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
199 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
200 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
201 fixed insecure temporary file creation
202 *****************************************
203 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
204 fixed incorrect find positional
205 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
206 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
207 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
208 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
209 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
210 man pages are greatly improved.
212 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
213 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
214 added vservers support to duplicity handler
215 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
216 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
217 have a look at example.dup.
219 documented .disabled method.
220 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
221 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
222 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
223 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
224 to be seen as a vserver
225 changes to sys handler
226 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
227 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
229 changes to pgsql handler
230 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
231 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
232 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
233 changes to ninjahelper
234 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
235 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
236 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
237 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
238 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
239 added helper for pgsql handler.
240 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
241 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
242 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
243 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
245 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
246 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
247 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
248 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
249 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
250 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
252 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
253 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
254 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
255 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
256 ******************************************************************
257 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
258 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
259 ******************************************************************
260 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
261 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
262 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
263 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
264 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
265 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
266 added "sign" option for backups signing
267 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
268 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
269 added "nicelevel" option
270 added "testconnect" option
271 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
272 added "bandwidthlimit" option
273 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
274 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
275 added configfile option to mysql handler
276 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
277 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
278 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
279 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
280 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
282 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
283 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
284 rdiff handler supports local dest
285 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
286 added "when = hourly"
287 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
288 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
289 improved 'when' parsing.
291 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
292 results of handlers are now read line by line.
293 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
294 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
295 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
296 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
297 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
298 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
299 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
300 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
301 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
303 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
304 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
305 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
306 added status in the subject line of report emails
308 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
309 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
310 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
311 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
312 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
314 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
315 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
317 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
318 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
320 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
321 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
322 fixed stderr redirect bug
323 some comments in example.rdiff
325 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
326 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
327 works now with gawk as well as mawk
328 many bug fixes to ldap handler
329 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
330 does not require /usr/bin/stat
332 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
333 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
334 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
336 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
338 moved sh support to a handler script
339 add test mode, where no action is taken.
341 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
342 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
343 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
345 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
346 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
347 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
348 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
349 all scripts are now run as root
351 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
352 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
353 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
354 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
355 added support for .mysql config files.
357 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004