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