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--- a/NEWS
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This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
-1.4.12 or 1.5 ??
+1.4.15 ...
+ ENHANCEMENTS
+ New check_ntp_peer -m and -n options to check the number of usable time sources ("truechimers")
+ New check_disk_smb -a option which allows for specifying the IP address of the remote server
+ FIXES
+ Fix check_ircd binding to wrong interface (#668778)
+ Add proxy-authorization option to check_http (Marcel Kuiper - #1323230, Bryan Irvine - #2863925)
+ check_icmp now increment the sequence counter in each packet
+ Fix usage of repeated -o options in check_snmp
+ Try to detect arguments passed via --with-ping[6]-command and set options accordingly (#2908236)
+ Fix memory leak in check_http for large pages (Jimmy Bergman - #2957455)
+ Fix compilation with GCC 2.96 (Konstantin Khomoutov - #2977105)
+ Fix regression introduced in #1867716 where partially valid performance strings would not be printed anymore
+ Fix regression in check_http ssl checks on some servers - make SNI an option
+ Fix guest mode support in check_disk_smb
+ WARNINGS
+ Updated developer documentation to say that performance labels should not have an equals sign or
+ single quote in the label
+ check_http 1.4.14 introduced SSL SNI support - you now have to enable it explicitly with "--sni"
+
+1.4.14 16th September 2009
+ check_http has options to specify the HTTP method (#2155152)
+ check_users thresholds were not working exactly as documented (>= rather than >)
+ Updated tinderbox_build script to point to new tinderbox server
+ check_ifoperstatus -n flag now works as expected (sf.net #1569488)
+ check_ifoperstatus now supports ifType based lookup for ifIndex
+ check_ups now sends a LOGOUT string (debian bug #387001)
+ Extra-opts (C plugins) now allows both '#' and ';' for comments (like N::P)
+ Extra-opts (C plugins) does not allow trailing comments anymore (like N::P)
+ Fixed dependency issue on libtap when ./configure --enable-libtap used. Warning: will install libtap
+ Fixed segfault in extra-opts under some circumstance when reading multiple sections
+ Fix long options parsing in check_disk, check_dns, check_mrtg, check_mrtgtraf and check_tcp
+ Add missing long options for check_nt (for use with extra-opts)
+ check_icmp now reports min and max round trip time perfdata (Steve Rader)
+ Fixed check_http bug where additional headers with redirection caused a segfault (Dieter Van de Walle - 2089159)
+ check_disk: make autofs mount paths specified with -p before we determine the mount list (Erik Welch)
+ Fixed buffer overflow in check_ntp/check_ntp_peer (#1999319, Ubuntu #291265)
+ 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
+ Fixed check_mrtg returning UNKNOWN instead of OK (bug #2378068)
+ Fixed check_http behaviour: all check are now performed as long as a valid response is returned (sf.net #1460312)
+ check_http --onredirect=sticky follows using the same IP address (sf.net #2550208)
+ check_http --onredirect=stickyport also follows the same port
+ Fixed coredump from check_nt when invalid drive is specified (#2179754 - Olli Hauer)
+ Fixed crash from check_nt when -H unspecified or given multiple times (sf.net #2731755, debian #521097)
+ Fixed passing of quotes in OID for check_snmp (#1985230 - Jan Wagner, patch by John Barbuto)
+ Fixed check_http sending HTTP/1.0 with v1.1 headers (#2638765)
+ Fixed check_http not timing-out on redirects
+ Fixed negate not printing the real timeout in ALRM handler when left to default
+ negate timeout result is now configurable
+ Fixed segfault in check_mysql with old slaves (#2696823 - Oskar Ahner)
+ check_nt can return UNKNOWN on timeouts (-u)
+ Fixed typos for check_disk (Chris Pepper)
+ Fixed check_mysql* not using password set in my.cnf (#2531905 - Ben Timby) - Specify an empty password explicitly if you need to override it.
+ Fixed awk subst.in/subst script path error (#2722832 - Martin Foster)
+ check_http: Add SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI) - (#1939022 - Joe Presbrey)
+ Fixed wrong perfdata label for output traffic in check_mrtgtraf (#2654308 - Gavin Williams)
+ Fixed check_by_ssh interpretation of quotes in -C parameter (#1985246, #2268675)
+ check_snmp now supports standard threshold ranges and doubles (floating numbers) in thresholds
+ check_fping now supports passing target timeout and interval to fping (#2347686 - Martin Foster)
+ Fixed SNMPv3 behaviour of check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus. Added -P to define privprotocol (#2343438 - Robin Schroeder)
+ check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus are now more user-friendly in case of missing arguments
+ pst3 compile fix for Sun Studio Compiler (Grant Byers)
+
+1.4.13 25th Sept 2008
+ Fix Debian bug #460097: check_http --max-age broken (Hilko Bengen)
+ Optimised pst3 for systems with large number of processes (Duncan Ferguson)
+ Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.27
+ Fix Debian bug #479013: check_dig's -l is mandatory now (sf.net #1986306)
+ check_dig now returns CRITICAL instead of WARNING when no answer section is found
+ check_procs now captures stderr in external command and adds to plugin output
+ check_snmp now only prints perfdata for non numeric values (#1867716)
+ check_icmp now supports packet size modification
+ check_http -e now accepts a comma-delimited list of expected status codes (Sven Nierlein)
+ libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap
+ check_ntp_peer/check_ntp_time used to show port in --help but ignored the argument - now implemented
+ Fix possible segfault in check_ntp_peer with deliberately invalid packets
+
+1.4.12 27th May 2008
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 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 to dig by using -A/--dig-arguments (#1874041/#1889453)
+ check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help
+ check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers)
+ check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query
+ check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitely (-s, --socket)
+ negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute)
+ Added performance data to check_ping (Christian Schneemann)
+ Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help)
+ Fixed passive option in check_by_ssh
+ On non-skipped stderr, check_by_ssh now returns UNKNOWN or worse (result from command) instead of always UNKNOWN.
+ Fix linking against OpenSSL where libdl is required
1.4.11 13th December 2007
Fixed check_http regression in 1.4.10 where following redirects to
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)
IPv6 support can now be disabled using ./configure --without-ipv6
Fix check_ntp now honor ntp flags
-1.4.9 4th June 2006
+1.4.9 4th June 2007
Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
check_snmp now supports Counter64