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