1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.9 ??
4 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
5 New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
6 check_snmp now support Counter64
7 Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
9 1.4.8 11th April 2007
10 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
11 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
12 for collective thresholds
13 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
14 Various check_ntp fixes
16 1.4.7 29th March 2007
17 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
18 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
19 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
20 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
21 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
22 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
23 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
24 Root plugins installed with world executable
25 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
26 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
27 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
29 1.4.6 5th February 2007
30 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
31 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
32 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
33 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
34 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
35 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
36 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
37 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
38 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
39 Synced with latest GNUlib
40 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
42 1.4.5
43 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
45 1.4.4
46 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
47 New check_apt plugin
48 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
49 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
50 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
51 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
52 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
53 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
54 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
56 1.4.3
57 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
58 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
59 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
60 libtool now required for development systems
61 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
62 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
64 1.4.2
65 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
67 1.4
68 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
69 Internationalisation support
70 Performance data added to most plugins
71 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
72 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
73 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
74 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
75 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
76 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
77 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
78 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name