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1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.15 ...
4 ENHANCEMENTS
5 New check_ntp_peer -m and -n options to check the number of usable time sources ("truechimers")
6 New check_disk_smb -a option which allows for specifying the IP address of the remote server
7 FIXES
8 Fix check_ircd binding to wrong interface (#668778)
9 Add proxy-authorization option to check_http (Marcel Kuiper - #1323230, Bryan Irvine - #2863925)
10 check_icmp now increment the sequence counter in each packet
11 Fix usage of repeated -o options in check_snmp
12 Try to detect arguments passed via --with-ping[6]-command and set options accordingly (#2908236)
13 Fix memory leak in check_http for large pages (Jimmy Bergman - #2957455)
14 Fix compilation with GCC 2.96 (Konstantin Khomoutov - #2977105)
15 Fix regression introduced in #1867716 where partially valid performance strings would not be printed anymore
16 Fix regression in check_http ssl checks on some servers - make SNI an option
17 Fix guest mode support in check_disk_smb
18 Fix check_disk_smb failure when run via ePN
19 WARNINGS
20 Updated developer documentation to say that performance labels should not have an equals sign or
21 single quote in the label
22 check_http 1.4.14 introduced SSL SNI support - you now have to enable it explicitly with "--sni"
24 1.4.14 16th September 2009
25 check_http has options to specify the HTTP method (#2155152)
26 check_users thresholds were not working exactly as documented (>= rather than >)
27 Updated tinderbox_build script to point to new tinderbox server
28 check_ifoperstatus -n flag now works as expected (sf.net #1569488)
29 check_ifoperstatus now supports ifType based lookup for ifIndex
30 check_ups now sends a LOGOUT string (debian bug #387001)
31 Extra-opts (C plugins) now allows both '#' and ';' for comments (like N::P)
32 Extra-opts (C plugins) does not allow trailing comments anymore (like N::P)
33 Fixed dependency issue on libtap when ./configure --enable-libtap used. Warning: will install libtap
34 Fixed segfault in extra-opts under some circumstance when reading multiple sections
35 Fix long options parsing in check_disk, check_dns, check_mrtg, check_mrtgtraf and check_tcp
36 Add missing long options for check_nt (for use with extra-opts)
37 check_icmp now reports min and max round trip time perfdata (Steve Rader)
38 Fixed check_http bug where additional headers with redirection caused a segfault (Dieter Van de Walle - 2089159)
39 check_disk: make autofs mount paths specified with -p before we determine the mount list (Erik Welch)
40 Fixed buffer overflow in check_ntp/check_ntp_peer (#1999319, Ubuntu #291265)
41 Re-bundled libtap as a built-in library (--enable-libtap): detects system library as pre-1.4.13 and does not install the built-in library anymore
42 Fixed check_mrtg returning UNKNOWN instead of OK (bug #2378068)
43 Fixed check_http behaviour: all check are now performed as long as a valid response is returned (sf.net #1460312)
44 check_http --onredirect=sticky follows using the same IP address (sf.net #2550208)
45 check_http --onredirect=stickyport also follows the same port
46 Fixed coredump from check_nt when invalid drive is specified (#2179754 - Olli Hauer)
47 Fixed crash from check_nt when -H unspecified or given multiple times (sf.net #2731755, debian #521097)
48 Fixed passing of quotes in OID for check_snmp (#1985230 - Jan Wagner, patch by John Barbuto)
49 Fixed check_http sending HTTP/1.0 with v1.1 headers (#2638765)
50 Fixed check_http not timing-out on redirects
51 Fixed negate not printing the real timeout in ALRM handler when left to default
52 negate timeout result is now configurable
53 Fixed segfault in check_mysql with old slaves (#2696823 - Oskar Ahner)
54 check_nt can return UNKNOWN on timeouts (-u)
55 Fixed typos for check_disk (Chris Pepper)
56 Fixed check_mysql* not using password set in my.cnf (#2531905 - Ben Timby) - Specify an empty password explicitly if you need to override it.
57 Fixed awk subst.in/subst script path error (#2722832 - Martin Foster)
58 check_http: Add SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI) - (#1939022 - Joe Presbrey)
59 Fixed wrong perfdata label for output traffic in check_mrtgtraf (#2654308 - Gavin Williams)
60 Fixed check_by_ssh interpretation of quotes in -C parameter (#1985246, #2268675)
61 check_snmp now supports standard threshold ranges and doubles (floating numbers) in thresholds
62 check_fping now supports passing target timeout and interval to fping (#2347686 - Martin Foster)
63 Fixed SNMPv3 behaviour of check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus. Added -P to define privprotocol (#2343438 - Robin Schroeder)
64 check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus are now more user-friendly in case of missing arguments
65 pst3 compile fix for Sun Studio Compiler (Grant Byers)
67 1.4.13 25th Sept 2008
68 Fix Debian bug #460097: check_http --max-age broken (Hilko Bengen)
69 Optimised pst3 for systems with large number of processes (Duncan Ferguson)
70 Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.27
71 Fix Debian bug #479013: check_dig's -l is mandatory now (sf.net #1986306)
72 check_dig now returns CRITICAL instead of WARNING when no answer section is found
73 check_procs now captures stderr in external command and adds to plugin output
74 check_snmp now only prints perfdata for non numeric values (#1867716)
75 check_icmp now supports packet size modification
76 check_http -e now accepts a comma-delimited list of expected status codes (Sven Nierlein)
77 libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap
78 check_ntp_peer/check_ntp_time used to show port in --help but ignored the argument - now implemented
79 Fix possible segfault in check_ntp_peer with deliberately invalid packets
81 1.4.12 27th May 2008
82 Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances (Alessandro Ren)
83 New check_icmp -s option to specify the source IP address
84 check_dns now sorts addresses for testing results for more than one returned IP (Matthias Urlichs)
85 Fix segfault in check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp (Bug #1862300)
86 check_disk should now work with large file systems (2TB+) on all archs that supports it
87 Fixed check_disk disk usage calculation when using --group=NAME (related to bug #1348746)
88 Fix help text of check_ntp* (Bug #1880095)
89 Fix bugs and flaws in best offset server selection of check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp
90 check_ntp_peer now checks for the LI_ALARM flag
91 Sync to latest Gnulib (includes new floorf function)
92 check_pgsql now successfully builds with postgres lib v8.3 (Bug #1878972)
93 check_procs now accepts --ereg-argument-array for a regular expression match to the argument array
94 Reverted back to using pst3 for Solaris systems. Fixed issues re: -m64 needed to compile on 64bit systems
95 If applicable, Gettext linked dynamically instead of statically
96 check_dig can now pass arguments to dig by using -A/--dig-arguments (#1874041/#1889453)
97 check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help
98 check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers)
99 check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query
100 check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitely (-s, --socket)
101 negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute)
102 Added performance data to check_ping (Christian Schneemann)
103 Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help)
104 Fixed passive option in check_by_ssh
105 On non-skipped stderr, check_by_ssh now returns UNKNOWN or worse (result from command) instead of always UNKNOWN.
106 Fix linking against OpenSSL where libdl is required
108 1.4.11 13th December 2007
109 Fixed check_http regression in 1.4.10 where following redirects to
110 relative URLs on virtual hosts failed if both "-H" and "-I" were used
111 Merged two new checks that deprecates check_ntp: check_ntp_peer and check_ntp_time.
112 You should read the --help output so see which one is suitable for you. check_ntp_peer
113 implement stratum thresholds support (feature request #1703823).
114 check_ntp now returns UNKNOWN instead of WARNING if jitter is unavailable (jitter=-1.000000)
115 as long as the thresholds range include -1. If no offset threshold is specified
116 and the offset is unavailable, will return UNKNOWN as well.
117 NOTE: If jitter thresholds are specified as integers it will return CRITICAL if jitter
118 is "-1" as the default range starts at 0. See Examples in --help output.
119 Fixed broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster
120 check_cluster now accepts all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~")
121 Fixed check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (bug #1348746).
122 The problem happens to be in Gnulib but a workaround have been implemented in check_disk.c
123 Fixed check_load argument handling when not passing triplets (bug #1831890)
124 Fixed buffer overflow in check_snmp (CVE-2007-5623)
125 Tinderbox builds now runs tests in a verbose mode
126 Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.22
127 VPATH problem fixed for compiling plugins-root
129 1.4.10 28th September 2007
130 Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects (CVE-2007-5198)
131 check_http now explicitly asks HTTP/1.1 servers to close the connection
132 after completion of the response
133 Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect)
134 is now deprecated. See --help for further information.
135 Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p)
136 A meaningful error message (eg "Stale NFS Handle") is printed if stat fails.
137 New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too.
138 Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison.
139 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
140 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore pathes/partitions based on regular expressions
141 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly
142 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments
143 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now
144 This is needed due to the new ignore feature
145 Fix check_disk bug when mixing case sensitive and case insensitive regex arguments
146 New check_dhcp -u/--unicast option for emulating a DHCP relay in order
147 to check DHCP servers on remote networks
148 New check_dhcp -m/--mac option which allows for specifying the MAC
149 address to use in the DHCP request
150 The check_dhcp -r and -s options now accept host names, too
151 Fix possible check_icmp bus errors on some (non-x86/AMD64) platforms
152 Fix check_smtp's handling of multiple-packet server responses
153 WARNING: Fix for negate which may break existing commands:
154 - stop evaluating command line options through shell twice
155 - enforce a full path for the command to run
156 The "negate" utility can now remap custom states
157 Check_radius now supports radiusclient-ng
158 The (undocumented) positional parameter parsing which check_radius used
159 instead of getopt(3) if 8 arguments were given is no longer available
160 Check_by_ssh now supports multiline output
161 IPv6 support can now be disabled using ./configure --without-ipv6
162 Fix check_ntp now honor ntp flags
164 1.4.9 4th June 2007
165 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
166 New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
167 check_snmp now supports Counter64
168 Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
169 check_load can optionally divide by number of cpus
170 Fix check_time returning wrong OK when time is before the epoch on some arch
171 Make check_http output more consistent
172 Fix possible check_http segfaults when following HTTP redirects
173 check_snmp don't warn anymore if something is printed on stderr
174 Fix check_tcp segfault when multiple expect strings are given
175 New option for check_tcp: -A/--all to test if all given expect strings match
177 1.4.8 11th April 2007
178 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
179 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
180 for collective thresholds
181 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
182 Various check_ntp fixes
184 1.4.7 29th March 2007
185 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
186 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
187 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
188 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
189 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
190 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
191 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
192 Root plugins installed with world executable
193 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
194 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
195 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
197 1.4.6 5th February 2007
198 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
199 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
200 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
201 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
202 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
203 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
204 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
205 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
206 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
207 Synced with latest GNUlib
208 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
210 1.4.5
211 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
213 1.4.4
214 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
215 New check_apt plugin
216 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
217 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
218 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
219 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
220 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
221 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
222 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
224 1.4.3
225 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
226 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
227 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
228 libtool now required for development systems
229 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
230 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
232 1.4.2
233 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
235 1.4
236 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
237 Internationalisation support
238 Performance data added to most plugins
239 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
240 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
241 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
242 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
243 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
244 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
245 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
246 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name