1 version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
3 mysql, pgsql, svn: fixed inversed vsname emptyness check
5 . Fixed improper use of $vuserhome (Debian: #351083)
6 . Fixed erroneous removal of tmpfile when it didn't exit
8 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
10 . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
13 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
15 version 0.9.3 -- February 1st, 2006
19 . added (commented out) the various default paths to
20 programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
21 out more easily they can customize them
23 . now uses vservers lib to initialize vservers support
25 duplicity, mysql, pgsql, rdiff, svn, sys: start to use (at different
26 degrees) new lib/vserver functionality
28 . fixed no user defaults file processing
30 . fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
31 #348022, follow-up to #338796)
32 . warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
33 disabled in backupninja.conf
34 . now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
35 in vsnames config variable
37 . fixed globbing bug in include, exclude and vsinclude options
38 . it's now possible to choose exactly which vservers should be
39 backed-up, as it already was with duplicity handler, with the
40 "vsnames" configuration setting
43 . fixed errors in create remote dir
44 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
45 . fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
47 . fixed globbing bug with exclude
49 . now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
50 . code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
53 . init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
54 . init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
55 . init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
56 don't follow symlinks)
57 . init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
58 . new function: vservers_exist
61 . formDisplay does not return exit status.
63 version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
65 fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
66 backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
68 . moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
69 backupninja and ninjahelper
72 . mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
74 . globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
75 . different signing and encrypting key support added
76 . fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
77 GnuPG-related options are used
79 . handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
80 ninjahelper(s) changes
81 vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
82 added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
84 . was missing in Makefile.am/.in
86 . used to expand '*' in default source directories
87 . the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
88 . updated to include Vserver selection
90 . forbid the user to choose an empty database set
91 . "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
93 . enhanced for vserver support
94 . now able to select databases and dump directory
96 . new handler added (with Vserver support)
98 version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
99 rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
100 (thanks to Petr KlĂma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
101 fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
102 rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
103 added makecd ninjahelper
104 (thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
105 made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
106 changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
107 the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
108 update rdiff ninjahelper
109 now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
110 machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
111 and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
113 version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
114 *** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
115 fixed insecure temporary file creation
116 *****************************************
117 removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
118 fixed incorrect find positional
119 changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
120 rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
121 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
122 rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
123 (patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
124 man pages are greatly improved.
126 version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
127 added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
128 added vservers support to duplicity handler
129 Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
130 handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
131 have a look at example.dup.
133 documented .disabled method.
134 corrected VROOTDIR default value.
135 added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
136 improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
137 prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
138 to be seen as a vserver
139 changes to sys handler
140 make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
141 fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
143 changes to pgsql handler
144 now checks if the specified vserver is running.
145 now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
146 now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
147 changes to ninjahelper
148 check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
149 helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
150 must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
151 xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
152 then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
153 added helper for pgsql handler.
154 rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
155 changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
156 these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
157 added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
159 version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
160 added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
161 considerably improved and changed the log file output.
162 you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
163 added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
164 fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
166 version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
167 ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
168 slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
169 is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
170 ******************************************************************
171 NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
172 you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
173 ******************************************************************
174 implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
175 than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
176 if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
177 added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
178 changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
179 "keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
180 added "sign" option for backups signing
181 added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
182 split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
183 added "nicelevel" option
184 added "testconnect" option
185 added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
186 added "bandwidthlimit" option
187 example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
188 added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
189 added configfile option to mysql handler
190 the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
191 sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
192 fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
193 (.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
194 can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
196 version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
197 rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
198 rdiff handler supports local dest
199 logfile is created if it doesn't exist
200 added "when = hourly"
201 added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
202 fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
203 improved 'when' parsing.
205 version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
206 results of handlers are now read line by line.
207 changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
208 not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
209 rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
210 added dup handler (still pretty beta)
211 added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
212 added --run option (runs the specified action file)
213 improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
214 added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
215 added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
217 version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
218 fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
219 fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
220 added status in the subject line of report emails
222 version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
223 added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
224 fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
225 replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
226 added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
228 version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
229 added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
231 added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
232 added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
234 version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
235 fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
236 fixed stderr redirect bug
237 some comments in example.rdiff
239 version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
240 '*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
241 works now with gawk as well as mawk
242 many bug fixes to ldap handler
243 paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
244 does not require /usr/bin/stat
246 version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
247 handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
248 handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
250 version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
252 moved sh support to a handler script
253 add test mode, where no action is taken.
255 force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
256 fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
257 changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
259 version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
260 ** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
261 rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
262 added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
263 all scripts are now run as root
265 version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
266 move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
267 fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
268 added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
269 added support for .mysql config files.
271 version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004