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1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.11 or 1.5 ??
4 Fix check_http regression in 1.4.10 where following redirects to
5 relative URLs on virtual hosts failed if both "-H" and "-I" were used
6 check_ntp now return UNKNOWN instead of WARNING if jitter is unavailable (jitter=-1.000000)
7 as long as the thresholds range inculde -1. If no offset threshold is specified
8 and the offset is unavailable, will return UNKNOWN as well.
9 NOTE: If jitter thresholds are specified as integers it will return CRITICAL if jitter
10 is "-1" as the default range starts at 0. See Examples in --help output.
11 Fix broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster
12 check_cluster now accept all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~")
13 Merge two new checks that deprecates check_ntp: check_ntp_peer and check_ntp_time.
14 You should read the --help output so see which one is suitable for you. check_ntp_peer
15 implement stratum thresholds support (feature request #1703823).
16 Fix check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (bug #1348746).
17 The problem happens to be in Gnulib but a workaround have been implemented in check_disk.c
19 1.4.10 28th September 2007
20 Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects
21 check_http now explicitly asks HTTP/1.1 servers to close the connection
22 after completion of the response
23 Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect)
24 is now deprecated. See --help for further information.
25 Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p)
26 A meaningful error message (eg "Stale NFS Handle") is printed if stat fails.
27 New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too.
28 Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison.
29 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
30 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore pathes/partitions based on regular expressions
31 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly
32 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments
33 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now
34 This is needed due to the new ignore feature
35 Fix check_disk bug when mixing case sensitive and case insensitive regex arguments
36 New check_dhcp -u/--unicast option for emulating a DHCP relay in order
37 to check DHCP servers on remote networks
38 New check_dhcp -m/--mac option which allows for specifying the MAC
39 address to use in the DHCP request
40 The check_dhcp -r and -s options now accept host names, too
41 Fix possible check_icmp bus errors on some (non-x86/AMD64) platforms
42 Fix check_smtp's handling of multiple-packet server responses
43 WARNING: Fix for negate which may break existing commands:
44 - stop evaluating command line options through shell twice
45 - enforce a full path for the command to run
46 The "negate" utility can now remap custom states
47 Check_radius now supports radiusclient-ng
48 The (undocumented) positional parameter parsing which check_radius used
49 instead of getopt(3) if 8 arguments were given is no longer available
50 Check_by_ssh now supports multiline output
51 IPv6 support can now be disabled using ./configure --without-ipv6
52 Fix check_ntp now honor ntp flags
54 1.4.9 4th June 2006
55 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
56 New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
57 check_snmp now supports Counter64
58 Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
59 check_load can optionally divide by number of cpus
60 Fix check_time returning wrong OK when time is before the epoch on some arch
61 Make check_http output more consistent
62 Fix possible check_http segfaults when following HTTP redirects
63 check_snmp don't warn anymore if something is printed on stderr
64 Fix check_tcp segfault when multiple expect strings are given
65 New option for check_tcp: -A/--all to test if all given expect strings match
67 1.4.8 11th April 2007
68 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
69 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
70 for collective thresholds
71 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
72 Various check_ntp fixes
74 1.4.7 29th March 2007
75 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
76 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
77 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
78 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
79 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
80 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
81 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
82 Root plugins installed with world executable
83 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
84 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
85 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
87 1.4.6 5th February 2007
88 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
89 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
90 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
91 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
92 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
93 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
94 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
95 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
96 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
97 Synced with latest GNUlib
98 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
100 1.4.5
101 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
103 1.4.4
104 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
105 New check_apt plugin
106 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
107 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
108 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
109 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
110 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
111 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
112 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
114 1.4.3
115 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
116 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
117 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
118 libtool now required for development systems
119 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
120 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
122 1.4.2
123 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
125 1.4
126 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
127 Internationalisation support
128 Performance data added to most plugins
129 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
130 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
131 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
132 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
133 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
134 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
135 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
136 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name