nagios_nrpe/Changelog

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NRPE Changelog
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1.6 - ??/??/2002
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- Updated sample commands to match new plugin argument format


1.5 - 06/03/2002
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- Added setuid/setgid option to config file (suggested by Marek Cervenka) 


1.4 - 06/01/2002
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- Changed STATE_UNKNOWN to value of 3 instead of -1 (old style)
- Minor doc and sample config file changes


1.3 - 02/21/2002
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- Name and version change
- Ignore SIGHUP, minor cleanup (Jon Andrews)


1.2.5 - 12/22/2001
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- Implemented Beej's sendall() to handle partial send()s
- Added instructions on running under xinetd to README
- Removed some old crud


1.2.4 - 02/22/2001
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- I forgot what changes I made.  Go figure...


1.2.3 - 12/21/2000
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- A bit more documentation on configuring command definitions for the plugin


1.2.2 - 06/05/2000
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- Fixed error in docs for running under inetd using TCP wrappers
- Replaced old email address in src/netutils.h with new one


1.2.1 - 05/07/2000
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- Removed trapping of SIGCHLD
- Changed wait4() to waitpid() to allow compilation on HP-UX and AIX


1.2.0 - 04/18/2000
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- Server forks twice after accepting a client connection, so as to prevent the
  creation of zombies


1.1.5 - 04/07/2000
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- Fixed a small bug where one debug message was not getting logged properly


1.1.4 - 03/30/2000
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- Added option to disable/enable debug messages using the debug option in the
  config file


1.1.3 - 03/11/2000
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- Changed config file to use an absolute path
- Changed all debug output to use syslog (Rene Klootwijk)
- No convert all data to network order before sending it and convert it back to
  host order when receiving it. This makes it possible to mix Solaris and Linux,  
  e.g. running check_nrpe on Linux and nrpe on Solaris. (Rene Klootwijk)


1.1.2 - 03/07/2000
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- Removed unnecessary code in signal handler routine
- Unused signals are no longer trapper


1.1.1 - 02/28/2000 - RKL
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- Modified syslog code to include string describing the error code.
- Changed hardcoded number in signal handler to its name. This prevented nrpe
  to run on Solaris.
- Fixed race condition in accept loop. The result of accept should also be
  checked for EINTR.
- Modified recv and send function calls to compile without warnings on Solaris.
- Modified configure.in,configure and Makefile.in to include nsl and socket libs
  for Solaris.
- Modified the signal handler to reestablish itself after being called.



1.1 - 02/24/2000 - Rene Klootwijk <rene@klootwijk.org>
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- Added ability to bind nrpe to a specific interface by specifying the address
  of this interface in the nrpe.cfg file (e.g. server_address=192.168.2.3)


1.0   - 02/16/2000
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- Added ability to run as a service under inetd


1.0b6 - 02/01/2000
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- Added configure script
- Netutils functions from the NetSaint plugins is now used
- Reset SIGCHLD to default behavior before calling popen() to
  prevent race condition with pclose() (Reported by Rene Klootwijk)
- Cleaned up code


1.0b5 - 01/10/2000
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- Added init script contributed by Jacob L
- Incorporated syslog code and other patches contributed by Jacob L


1.0b4 - 11/04/1999
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- Changed 'allowed_ip' option in configuration file to
  'allowed_hosts' and added support for multiple hosts
- Minor buffer overflow protection fixes
- main() returned STATE_UNKNOWN on successful launch, changed to STATE_OK (jaclu@grm.se)
- Added syslog support (jaclu@grm.se)