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