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