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