1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.7 ??
4 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
5 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
6 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
7 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
8 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
9 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
10 Root plugins installed with world executable
11 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
13 1.4.6 5th February 2007
14 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
15 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
16 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
17 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
18 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
19 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
20 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
21 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
22 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
23 Synced with latest GNUlib
24 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
26 1.4.5
27 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
29 1.4.4
30 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
31 New check_apt plugin
32 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
33 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
34 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
35 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
36 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
37 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
38 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
40 1.4.3
41 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
42 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
43 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
44 libtool now required for development systems
45 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
46 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
48 1.4.2
49 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
51 1.4
52 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
53 Internationalisation support
54 Performance data added to most plugins
55 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
56 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
57 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
58 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
59 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
60 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
61 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
62 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name