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