1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.14 ...
4 check_http has options to specify the HTTP method (#2155152)
5 check_users thresholds were not working exactly as documented (>= rather than >)
6 Updated tinderbox_build script to point to new tinderbox server
7 check_ifoperstatus -n flag now works as expected (sf.net #1569488)
8 check_ifoperstatus now supports ifType based lookup for ifIndex
9 check_ups now sends a LOGOUT string (debian bug #387001)
10 Extra-opts (C plugins) now allows both '#' and ';' for comments (like N::P)
11 Extra-opts (C plugins) does not allow trailing comments anymore (like N::P)
12 Fixed dependency issue on libtap when ./configure --enable-libtap used. Warning: will install libtap
13 Fixed segfault in extra-opts under some circumstance when reading multiple sections
14 Fix long options parsing in check_disk, check_dns, check_mrtg, check_mrtgtraf and check_tcp
15 Add missing long options for check_nt (for use with extra-opts)
16 check_icmp now reports min and max round trip time perfdata (Steve Rader)
17 Fixed check_http bug where additional headers with redirection caused a segfault (Dieter Van de Walle - 2089159)
18 check_disk: make autofs mount paths specified with -p before we determine the mount list (Erik Welch)
19 Fixed buffer overflow in check_ntp/check_ntp_peer (#1999319, Ubuntu #291265)
20 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
21 Fixed check_mrtg returning UNKNOWN instead of OK (bug #2378068)
22 Fixed check_http behaviour: all check are now performed as long as a valid response is returned (sf.net #1460312)
23 check_http --onredirect=sticky follows using the same IP address (sf.net #2550208)
24 Fixed coredump from check_nt when invalid drive is specified (#2179754 - Olli Hauer)
25 Fixed passing of quotes in OID for check_snmp (#1985230 - Jan Wagner, patch by John Barbuto)
26 Fixed check_http sending HTTP/1.0 with v1.1 headers (#2638765)
27 Fixed check_http not timing-out on redirects
29 1.4.13 25th Sept 2008
30 Fix Debian bug #460097: check_http --max-age broken (Hilko Bengen)
31 Optimised pst3 for systems with large number of processes (Duncan Ferguson)
32 Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.27
33 Fix Debian bug #479013: check_dig's -l is mandatory now (sf.net #1986306)
34 check_dig now returns CRITICAL instead of WARNING when no answer section is found
35 check_procs now captures stderr in external command and adds to plugin output
36 check_snmp now only prints perfdata for non numeric values (#1867716)
37 check_icmp now supports packet size modification
38 check_http -e now accepts a comma-delimited list of expected status codes (Sven Nierlein)
39 libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap
40 check_ntp_peer/check_ntp_time used to show port in --help but ignored the argument - now implemented
41 Fix possible segfault in check_ntp_peer with deliberately invalid packets
43 1.4.12 27th May 2008
44 Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances (Alessandro Ren)
45 New check_icmp -s option to specify the source IP address
46 check_dns now sorts addresses for testing results for more than one returned IP (Matthias Urlichs)
47 Fix segfault in check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp (Bug #1862300)
48 check_disk should now work with large file systems (2TB+) on all archs that supports it
49 Fixed check_disk disk usage calculation when using --group=NAME (related to bug #1348746)
50 Fix help text of check_ntp* (Bug #1880095)
51 Fix bugs and flaws in best offset server selection of check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp
52 check_ntp_peer now checks for the LI_ALARM flag
53 Sync to latest Gnulib (includes new floorf function)
54 check_pgsql now successfully builds with postgres lib v8.3 (Bug #1878972)
55 check_procs now accepts --ereg-argument-array for a regular expression match to the argument array
56 Reverted back to using pst3 for Solaris systems. Fixed issues re: -m64 needed to compile on 64bit systems
57 If applicable, Gettext linked dynamically instead of statically
58 check_dig can now pass arguments to dig by using -A/--dig-arguments (#1874041/#1889453)
59 check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help
60 check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers)
61 check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query
62 check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitely (-s, --socket)
63 negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute)
64 Added performance data to check_ping (Christian Schneemann)
65 Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help)
66 Fixed passive option in check_by_ssh
67 On non-skipped stderr, check_by_ssh now returns UNKNOWN or worse (result from command) instead of always UNKNOWN.
68 Fix linking against OpenSSL where libdl is required
70 1.4.11 13th December 2007
71 Fixed check_http regression in 1.4.10 where following redirects to
72 relative URLs on virtual hosts failed if both "-H" and "-I" were used
73 Merged two new checks that deprecates check_ntp: check_ntp_peer and check_ntp_time.
74 You should read the --help output so see which one is suitable for you. check_ntp_peer
75 implement stratum thresholds support (feature request #1703823).
76 check_ntp now returns UNKNOWN instead of WARNING if jitter is unavailable (jitter=-1.000000)
77 as long as the thresholds range include -1. If no offset threshold is specified
78 and the offset is unavailable, will return UNKNOWN as well.
79 NOTE: If jitter thresholds are specified as integers it will return CRITICAL if jitter
80 is "-1" as the default range starts at 0. See Examples in --help output.
81 Fixed broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster
82 check_cluster now accepts all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~")
83 Fixed check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (bug #1348746).
84 The problem happens to be in Gnulib but a workaround have been implemented in check_disk.c
85 Fixed check_load argument handling when not passing triplets (bug #1831890)
86 Fixed buffer overflow in check_snmp (CVE-2007-5623)
87 Tinderbox builds now runs tests in a verbose mode
88 Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.22
89 VPATH problem fixed for compiling plugins-root
91 1.4.10 28th September 2007
92 Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects (CVE-2007-5198)
93 check_http now explicitly asks HTTP/1.1 servers to close the connection
94 after completion of the response
95 Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect)
96 is now deprecated. See --help for further information.
97 Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p)
98 A meaningful error message (eg "Stale NFS Handle") is printed if stat fails.
99 New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too.
100 Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison.
101 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
102 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore pathes/partitions based on regular expressions
103 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly
104 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments
105 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now
106 This is needed due to the new ignore feature
107 Fix check_disk bug when mixing case sensitive and case insensitive regex arguments
108 New check_dhcp -u/--unicast option for emulating a DHCP relay in order
109 to check DHCP servers on remote networks
110 New check_dhcp -m/--mac option which allows for specifying the MAC
111 address to use in the DHCP request
112 The check_dhcp -r and -s options now accept host names, too
113 Fix possible check_icmp bus errors on some (non-x86/AMD64) platforms
114 Fix check_smtp's handling of multiple-packet server responses
115 WARNING: Fix for negate which may break existing commands:
116 - stop evaluating command line options through shell twice
117 - enforce a full path for the command to run
118 The "negate" utility can now remap custom states
119 Check_radius now supports radiusclient-ng
120 The (undocumented) positional parameter parsing which check_radius used
121 instead of getopt(3) if 8 arguments were given is no longer available
122 Check_by_ssh now supports multiline output
123 IPv6 support can now be disabled using ./configure --without-ipv6
124 Fix check_ntp now honor ntp flags
126 1.4.9 4th June 2006
127 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
128 New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
129 check_snmp now supports Counter64
130 Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
131 check_load can optionally divide by number of cpus
132 Fix check_time returning wrong OK when time is before the epoch on some arch
133 Make check_http output more consistent
134 Fix possible check_http segfaults when following HTTP redirects
135 check_snmp don't warn anymore if something is printed on stderr
136 Fix check_tcp segfault when multiple expect strings are given
137 New option for check_tcp: -A/--all to test if all given expect strings match
139 1.4.8 11th April 2007
140 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
141 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
142 for collective thresholds
143 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
144 Various check_ntp fixes
146 1.4.7 29th March 2007
147 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
148 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
149 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
150 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
151 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
152 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
153 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
154 Root plugins installed with world executable
155 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
156 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
157 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
159 1.4.6 5th February 2007
160 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
161 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
162 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
163 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
164 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
165 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
166 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
167 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
168 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
169 Synced with latest GNUlib
170 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
172 1.4.5
173 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
175 1.4.4
176 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
177 New check_apt plugin
178 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
179 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
180 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
181 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
182 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
183 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
184 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
186 1.4.3
187 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
188 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
189 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
190 libtool now required for development systems
191 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
192 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
194 1.4.2
195 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
197 1.4
198 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
199 Internationalisation support
200 Performance data added to most plugins
201 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
202 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
203 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
204 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
205 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
206 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
207 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
208 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name