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