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1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.8 ??
4 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
5 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
6 for collective thresholds
7 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
8 Various check_ntp fixes
10 1.4.7 29th March 2007
11 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
12 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
13 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
14 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
15 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
16 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
17 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
18 Root plugins installed with world executable
19 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
20 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
21 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
23 1.4.6 5th February 2007
24 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
25 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
26 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
27 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
28 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
29 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
30 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
31 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
32 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
33 Synced with latest GNUlib
34 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
36 1.4.5
37 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
39 1.4.4
40 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
41 New check_apt plugin
42 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
43 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
44 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
45 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
46 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
47 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
48 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
50 1.4.3
51 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
52 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
53 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
54 libtool now required for development systems
55 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
56 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
58 1.4.2
59 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
61 1.4
62 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
63 Internationalisation support
64 Performance data added to most plugins
65 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
66 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
67 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
68 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
69 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
70 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
71 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
72 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name