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