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