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1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.7 29th March 2007
4 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
5 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
6 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
7 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
8 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
9 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
10 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
11 Root plugins installed with world executable
12 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
13 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
14 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
16 1.4.6 5th February 2007
17 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
18 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
19 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
20 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
21 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
22 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
23 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
24 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
25 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
26 Synced with latest GNUlib
27 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
29 1.4.5
30 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
32 1.4.4
33 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
34 New check_apt plugin
35 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
36 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
37 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
38 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
39 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
40 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
41 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
43 1.4.3
44 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
45 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
46 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
47 libtool now required for development systems
48 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
49 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
51 1.4.2
52 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
54 1.4
55 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
56 Internationalisation support
57 Performance data added to most plugins
58 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
59 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
60 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
61 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
62 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
63 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
64 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
65 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name