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 New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too.
12 Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison.
13 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
14 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore pathes/partitions based on regular expressions
15 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly
16 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments
17 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now
18 This is needed due to the new ignore feature
19 Fix check_disk bug when mixing case sensitive and case insensitive regex arguments
20 New check_dhcp -u/--unicast option for emulating a DHCP relay in order
21 to check DHCP servers on remote networks
22 New check_dhcp -m/--mac option which allows for specifying the MAC
23 address to use in the DHCP request
24 The check_dhcp -r and -s options now accept host names, too
25 Fix possible check_icmp bus errors on some (non-x86/AMD64) platforms
26 Fix check_smtp's handling of multiple-packet server responses
27 WARNING: Fix for negate which may break existing commands:
28 - stop evaluating command line options through shell twice
29 - enforce a full path for the command to run
30 The "negate" utility can now remap custom states
31 Check_radius now supports radiusclient-ng
32 Check_by_ssh now supports multiline output
33 IPv6 support can now be disabled using ./configure --without-ipv6
35 1.4.9 4th June 2006
36 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
37 New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
38 check_snmp now supports Counter64
39 Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
40 check_load can optionally divide by number of cpus
41 Fix check_time returning wrong OK when time is before the epoch on some arch
42 Make check_http output more consistent
43 Fix possible check_http segfaults when following HTTP redirects
44 check_snmp don't warn anymore if something is printed on stderr
45 Fix check_tcp segfault when multiple expect strings are given
46 New option for check_tcp: -A/--all to test if all given expect strings match
48 1.4.8 11th April 2007
49 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
50 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
51 for collective thresholds
52 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
53 Various check_ntp fixes
55 1.4.7 29th March 2007
56 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
57 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
58 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
59 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
60 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
61 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
62 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
63 Root plugins installed with world executable
64 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
65 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
66 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
68 1.4.6 5th February 2007
69 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
70 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
71 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
72 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
73 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
74 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
75 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
76 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
77 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
78 Synced with latest GNUlib
79 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
81 1.4.5
82 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
84 1.4.4
85 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
86 New check_apt plugin
87 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
88 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
89 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
90 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
91 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
92 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
93 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
95 1.4.3
96 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
97 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
98 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
99 libtool now required for development systems
100 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
101 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
103 1.4.2
104 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
106 1.4
107 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
108 Internationalisation support
109 Performance data added to most plugins
110 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
111 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
112 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
113 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
114 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
115 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
116 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
117 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name