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  1. This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
  2. 1.4.8 ??
  3. Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
  4. check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
  5. for collective thresholds
  6. Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
  7. Various check_ntp fixes
  8. 1.4.7 29th March 2007
  9. check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
  10. Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
  11. ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
  12. Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
  13. check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
  14. check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
  15. check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
  16. Root plugins installed with world executable
  17. check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
  18. --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
  19. New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
  20. 1.4.6 5th February 2007
  21. Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
  22. Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
  23. Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
  24. Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
  25. Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
  26. Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
  27. Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
  28. Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
  29. New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
  30. Synced with latest GNUlib
  31. Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
  32. 1.4.5
  33. Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
  34. 1.4.4
  35. New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
  36. New check_apt plugin
  37. Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
  38. Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
  39. Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
  40. check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
  41. check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
  42. as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
  43. Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
  44. 1.4.3
  45. Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
  46. SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
  47. check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
  48. libtool now required for development systems
  49. Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
  50. check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
  51. 1.4.2
  52. Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
  53. 1.4
  54. IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
  55. Internationalisation support
  56. Performance data added to most plugins
  57. check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
  58. New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
  59. contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
  60. check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
  61. check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
  62. check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
  63. check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
  64. check_procs -C expects no path for the command name