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This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
-1.4.11 or 1.5 ??
- Fix check_http regression in 1.4.10 where following redirects to
+1.4.12 or 1.5 ??
+ Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances (Alessandro Ren)
+ New check_icmp -s option to specify the source IP address
+ check_dns now sorts addresses for testing results for more than one returned IP (Matthias Urlichs)
+ Fix segfault in check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp (Bug #1862300)
+ check_disk should now work with large file systems (2TB+) on all archs that supports it
+ Fixed check_disk disk usage calculation when using --group=NAME (related to bug #1348746)
+ Fix help text of check_ntp* (Bug #1880095)
+ Fix bugs and flaws in best offset server selection of check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp
+ check_ntp_peer now checks for the LI_ALARM flag
+ Sync to latest Gnulib (includes new floorf function)
+ check_pgsql now successfully builds with postgres lib v8.3 (Bug #1878972)
+ check_procs now accepts --ereg-argument-array for a regular expression match to the argument array
+ Reverted back to using pst3 for Solaris systems. Fixed issues re: -m64 needed to compile on 64bit systems
+ If applicable, Gettext linked dynamically instead of statically
+ check_dig can now pass arguments dig by using -A/--dig-arguments (#1874041/#1889453)
+
+1.4.11 13th December 2007
+ Fixed check_http regression in 1.4.10 where following redirects to
relative URLs on virtual hosts failed if both "-H" and "-I" were used
- check_ntp now return UNKNOWN instead of WARNING if jitter is unavailable (jitter=-1.000000)
- as long as the thresholds range inculde -1. If no offset threshold is specified
+ Merged two new checks that deprecates check_ntp: check_ntp_peer and check_ntp_time.
+ You should read the --help output so see which one is suitable for you. check_ntp_peer
+ implement stratum thresholds support (feature request #1703823).
+ check_ntp now returns UNKNOWN instead of WARNING if jitter is unavailable (jitter=-1.000000)
+ as long as the thresholds range include -1. If no offset threshold is specified
and the offset is unavailable, will return UNKNOWN as well.
NOTE: If jitter thresholds are specified as integers it will return CRITICAL if jitter
is "-1" as the default range starts at 0. See Examples in --help output.
- Fix broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster
- check_cluster now accept all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~")
- Merge two new checks that deprecates check_ntp: check_ntp_peer and check_ntp_time.
- You should read the --help output so see which one is suitable for you. check_ntp_peer
- implement stratum thresholds support (feature request #1703823).
- Fix check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (bug #1348746).
+ Fixed broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster
+ check_cluster now accepts all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~")
+ Fixed check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (bug #1348746).
The problem happens to be in Gnulib but a workaround have been implemented in check_disk.c
- Fix check_load argument handling when not passing triplets (bug #1831890)
- Tinderbox builds now run tests in a verbose mode
- Update to Nagios::Plugin 0.22
+ Fixed check_load argument handling when not passing triplets (bug #1831890)
+ Fixed buffer overflow in check_snmp (CVE-2007-5623)
+ Tinderbox builds now runs tests in a verbose mode
+ Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.22
+ VPATH problem fixed for compiling plugins-root
1.4.10 28th September 2007
- Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects
+ Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects (CVE-2007-5198)
check_http now explicitly asks HTTP/1.1 servers to close the connection
after completion of the response
Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect)