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version 0.9.3 -- unreleased
backupninja changes
backupninja.conf
. added (commented out) the various default paths to
programs such as PGSQLDUMP, so that users can figure
out more easily they can customize them
code refactor:
. now uses vservers lib to init vservers support
handler changes
mysql:
. fixed no user defaults file processing
duplicity:
. fixed (again...) globbing in include and exclude options (Debian bug
#348022, follow-up to #338796)
. warn if vsnames or vsinclude is enabled while vservers support is
disabled in backupninja.conf
. now works when multiple vservers names are given (separated by space)
in vsnames config variable
. make use of new lib/vserver functionality
ninjahelper changes
rdiff.helper:
. fixed errors in create remote dir
. code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
. fixed bug which caused only first include/exclude dir to
have "include = "
. fixed globbing bug with include and exclude (twice ;)
ninjahelper:
. now reports error if the helper script has a syntax error or bombs out.
. code formatting cleanup (three spaces indent)
lib changes
vserver:
. init_vservers: improved VROOTDIR detection
. init_vservers: test in a stricter way the real vservers availability
. init_vservers: canonicalize VROOTDIR (since duplicity et al.
don't follow symlinks)
. init_vservers: warn if vservers are enabled but no vserver is found
. new function: vservers_exist
known bugs:
easydialog:
. formDisplay does not return exit status.
version 0.9.2 -- December 29, 2005
backupninja changes
fixed broken toint() which caused when "everyday" problems
backupninja.conf.5 updated to include "when" and "vservers"
code refactor:
. moved to lib/ some code that has to be shared between
backupninja and ninjahelper
handler changes
trac:
. mkdir subdirectory problem fixed
duplicity:
. globbing support fixed in include and exclude options
. different signing and encrypting key support added
. fixed erroneous comments in example.dup about the way
GnuPG-related options are used
mysql:
. handler vserver bugs fixed and debug output enhanced
ninjahelper(s) changes
vserver-related functions added to lib/vservers.in
added man/ninjahelper.1 man page
makecd:
. was missing in Makefile.am/.in
rdiff-backup:
. used to expand '*' in default source directories
. the "Cancel" buttons used to have a weird behaviour
. updated to include Vserver selection
pgsql:
. forbid the user to choose an empty database set
. "Cancel" button now does what it is meant to do
mysql:
. enhanced for vserver support
. now able to select databases and dump directory
duplicity:
. new handler added (with Vserver support)
version 0.9.1 -- November 05 2005
rearranged source so that it is relocatable with autotools
(thanks to Petr Kl�ma petr.klima@madeta-group.cz)
fixed many bugs in rdiff helper
rdiff handler does not require 'label' (for real this time?)
added makecd ninjahelper
(thanks to Stefani stefani@riseup.net)
made ninjahelper create files with mode 600 rather than 000
changed subversion handler to use svnadmin hotcopy instead of
the unsupported hot-copy.py script, which was moved in Debian
update rdiff ninjahelper
now detects and auto-install rdiff-backup on the remote
machine if possible, also tests the remote backup directory
and offers to create it if it doesn't exist
version 0.9 -- October 19 2005
*** IMPORTANT CHANGE, UPGRADE AT ONCE ***
fixed insecure temporary file creation
*****************************************
removed erroneous magic file marker in pgsql handler
fixed incorrect find positional
changed direct grep of /etc/passwd to getent passwd.
rdiff helper has much better information on failed ssh attempt
(patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
rdiff handler now supports remote source and local dest.
(patch from cmccallum@thecsl.org).
man pages are greatly improved.
version 0.8 -- September 15 2005
added pgsql (PostgreSQL) handler, with vservers support.
added vservers support to duplicity handler
Note: the configuration is a bit different than the rdiff
handler's one, but the default behavior is the same:
have a look at example.dup.
improved README
documented .disabled method.
corrected VROOTDIR default value.
added ninjahelper to the install instructions.
improved rdiff, dup and sys handlers' vservers support
prevent vserver-debiantools' $VROOTDIR/ARCHIVES directory
to be seen as a vserver
changes to sys handler
make use of configurable $VSERVERINFO instead of hard-coded vserver-info.
fixed dpkg existence test inside vserver.
fixed $nodpkg use.
changes to pgsql handler
now checks if the specified vserver is running.
now checks if $PGSQLDUMP/$PGSQLDUMPALL are available where needed.
now checks if "postgres" user exists on the host/vserver.
changes to ninjahelper
check_perms() does not die anymore on group/world readable
helper scripts (now consistent with the "helper scripts
must not be group or world writable!" error msg).
xedit action now tries $EDITOR, then /etc/alternatives/editor,
then nano, vim and vi, and aborts if none of these exists.
added helper for pgsql handler.
rdiff handler now does not require 'label'
changes to mysql and svn handlers' vservers support
these handlers now check if the source vserver is running
added 'ignores' for mysql handler. (thanks Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr)
version 0.7 -- July 26 2005
added ninjahelper: a dialog based wizard for creating backupninja configs.
considerably improved and changed the log file output.
you can now disable actions with .disabled (this is new preferred method).
added makecd handler and example.makecd for backing up to cd/dvd (thanks stef).
fixed bug when specifying multiple 'when' options.
version 0.6 -- June 16 2005
ldap handler has new options: backup method to use (ldapsearch or
slapcat), restart, passwordfile and binddn. Default backup method
is set to ldapsearch as this is safer
******************************************************************
NOTE: to get the previous default behavior with the ldap handler,
you must set "method = slapcat". The new default is ldapsearch.
******************************************************************
implemented fix so that the main script will echo fatal errors rather
than being silent about them, this means an error message every hour
if there is a major configuration problem (not a handler problem)
added vserver support to main script and to the handlers: mysql, svn, sys, rdiff
changes to duplicity handler (thanks intrigeri!):
"keep = yes" now disables file cleaning on desthost
added "sign" option for backups signing
added "encryptkey" option to specify the gpg key to use
split config into [source], [gpg] and [dest] sections
added "nicelevel" option
added "testconnect" option
added "sshoptions" option (will be passed to ssh/scp)
added "bandwidthlimit" option
example.dup example config file for duplicity handler
added trac (http://trac.edgewall.com/) environment handler (thanks Charles Lepple!)
added configfile option to mysql handler
the default is /etc/mysql/debian.cnf. with this,
sqldump doesn't need dbusername. (hotcopy still does).
fixed bug in mysql handler which caused some passwords to not work.
(.my.cnf files now have double quotes around password)
can now pass options to hwinfo and sfdisk in sys handler.
version 0.5 -- April 12 2005
rdiff handler works when remote sshd has a banner
rdiff handler supports local dest
logfile is created if it doesn't exist
added "when = hourly"
added optional 'nicelevel' to rdiff handler
fixed bug where actions were not run in numeric order.
improved 'when' parsing.
version 0.4.4 -- March 18 2005
results of handlers are now read line by line.
changes to rdiff handler: added "options", and "keep" is
not necessarily days now (ie, it will pass straight through to
rdiff-backup if the keep has a unit on it, otherwise it adds the 'D').
added dup handler (still pretty beta)
added maildir handler (very specialized handler)
added --run option (runs the specified action file)
improved sys handler, now uses hwinfo
added subversion hotbackup handler, svn.
added PATH to cron.d file, which fixes file not found errors.
version 0.4.2 -- Jan 6 2005
fixed bug which caused a report email to be sent even if no actions were run.
fixed bug where multiple handler status messages were ignored
added status in the subject line of report emails
version 0.4.1 -- Jan 3 2005
added $usecolors and now more conservative about when colors are echoed.
fixed major bug, 'when' actually works now.
replaced debug function with debug, info, warning, error, fatal.
added --now option to force all actions to be performed now.
version 0.4 -- Dec 26 2004
added "when" option, so that all configs can specify when
they are to be run.
added reportsuccess and reportwarning config options
added .sys handler (hardware, packages, partitions).
version 0.3.4 -- Dec 8 2004
fixed numerical variable quoting compatibility with older wc
fixed stderr redirect bug
some comments in example.rdiff
version 0.3.3 -- Nov 10 2004
'*' (asterisk) works now in rdiff config files
works now with gawk as well as mawk
many bug fixes to ldap handler
paths to helper scripts can be configured in global config
does not require /usr/bin/stat
version 0.3.2 -- Sept 29 2004
handler scripts are no longer executable (to comply with debian policy)
handler error and warning messages are sent with the notify email
version 0.3.1 -- Sept 5 2004
added ldap handler
moved sh support to a handler script
add test mode, where no action is taken.
added --help
force only root can read /etc/backup.d/*
fixed missing equals symbols in example.rdiff
changed backupninja executable to be /usr/sbin rather than /usr/bin
version 0.3 -- Oct 20 2004
** IMPORTANT ** all config files are now ini style, not apache style
rewrote all scripts in bash for portability
added drop-in backupninja lib directory (/usr/share/backupninja)
all scripts are now run as root
version 0.2 -- Oct 14 2004
move distribution folder ./cron.d to ./etc/cron.d
fixed bug: removed printr of excludes (!)
added support for changing the user/group in rdiff sources.
added support for .mysql config files.
version 0.1 -- Oct 8 2004
initial release
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