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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_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect)
6 is now deprecated. See --help for further information.
7 Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p)
8 A meaningful error message (eg "Stale NFS Handle") is printed if stat fails.
10 1.4.9 4th June 2006
11 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
12 New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
13 check_snmp now supports Counter64
14 Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
15 check_load can optionally divide by number of cpus
16 Fix check_time returning wrong OK when time is before the epoch on some arch
17 Make check_http output more consistent
18 Fix possible check_http segfaults when following HTTP redirects
19 check_snmp don't warn anymore if something is printed on stderr
20 Fix check_tcp segfault when multiple expect strings are given
21 New option for check_tcp: -A/--all to test if all given expect strings match
23 1.4.8 11th April 2007
24 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
25 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
26 for collective thresholds
27 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
28 Various check_ntp fixes
30 1.4.7 29th March 2007
31 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
32 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
33 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
34 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
35 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
36 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
37 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
38 Root plugins installed with world executable
39 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
40 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
41 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
43 1.4.6 5th February 2007
44 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
45 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
46 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
47 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
48 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
49 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
50 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
51 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
52 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
53 Synced with latest GNUlib
54 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
56 1.4.5
57 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
59 1.4.4
60 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
61 New check_apt plugin
62 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
63 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
64 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
65 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
66 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
67 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
68 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
70 1.4.3
71 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
72 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
73 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
74 libtool now required for development systems
75 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
76 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
78 1.4.2
79 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
81 1.4
82 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
83 Internationalisation support
84 Performance data added to most plugins
85 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
86 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
87 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
88 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
89 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
90 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
91 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
92 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name