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1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.10 or 1.5 ??
4 Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects
5 check_http now explicitly asks HTTP/1.1 servers to close the connection
6 after completion of the response
7 Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect)
8 is now deprecated. See --help for further information.
9 Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p)
10 A meaningful error message (eg "Stale NFS Handle") is printed if stat fails.
11 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
12 New check_dhcp -u/--unicast option for emulating a DHCP relay in order
13 to check DHCP servers on remote networks
14 New check_dhcp -m/--mac option which allows for specifying the MAC
15 address to use in the DHCP request
16 The check_dhcp -r and -s options now accept host names, too
17 Fix possible check_icmp bus errors on some (non-x86/AMD64) platforms
18 Fix check_smtp's handling of multiple-packet server responses
19 WARNING: Fix for negate which may break existing commands:
20 - stop evaluating command line options through shell twice
21 - enforce a full path for the command to run
22 The "negate" utility can now remap custom states
23 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore pathes/partitions based on regular expressions
24 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly
25 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments
26 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now
27 This is needed due to the new ignore feature
28 Fix bug when mixing case sensitive and case insensitive regex arguments
30 1.4.9 4th June 2006
31 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
32 New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
33 check_snmp now supports Counter64
34 Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
35 check_load can optionally divide by number of cpus
36 Fix check_time returning wrong OK when time is before the epoch on some arch
37 Make check_http output more consistent
38 Fix possible check_http segfaults when following HTTP redirects
39 check_snmp don't warn anymore if something is printed on stderr
40 Fix check_tcp segfault when multiple expect strings are given
41 New option for check_tcp: -A/--all to test if all given expect strings match
43 1.4.8 11th April 2007
44 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
45 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
46 for collective thresholds
47 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
48 Various check_ntp fixes
50 1.4.7 29th March 2007
51 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
52 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
53 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
54 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
55 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
56 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
57 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
58 Root plugins installed with world executable
59 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
60 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
61 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
63 1.4.6 5th February 2007
64 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
65 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
66 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
67 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
68 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
69 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
70 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
71 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
72 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
73 Synced with latest GNUlib
74 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
76 1.4.5
77 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
79 1.4.4
80 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
81 New check_apt plugin
82 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
83 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
84 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
85 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
86 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
87 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
88 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
90 1.4.3
91 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
92 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
93 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
94 libtool now required for development systems
95 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
96 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
98 1.4.2
99 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
101 1.4
102 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
103 Internationalisation support
104 Performance data added to most plugins
105 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
106 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
107 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
108 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
109 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
110 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
111 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
112 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name