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1This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases. 1This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
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32.2 [...] 32.3.3 2nd Feb 2023
4 ENHANCEMENTS
5 using PRId64 and PRIu64 instead of %ld directly
6 check_http: Make faster with larger files
7 check_snmp: add 'multiplier' to modify current value
8 check_http: Implement chunked encoding decoding
9 check_http/check_curl: add chunked encoding test
10 check_log: Added --exclude to exclude patterns
11 check_log: Add tests
12 check_disk: Clarify usage possibilities
13
14 FIXES
15 fixed two PRId64 to PRIu64 in perfdata_uint64
16 check_pgsql: Removing is_pg_dbname altogether,using postgres API.
17 check_http: Remove superfluous CRLF in HTTP-Requests
18 check_curl: detect ipv6
19 check_icmp: fix parsing help/version long options
20 check_http: fix test plan
21 check_disk: Find accessible mount path if multiple are available
22 check_apt: Fix unknown escape sequence error output
23 check_curl: fix checking large bodys
24 check_snmp: Improve tests for check_snmp & multiply option
25 check_snmp: always apply format when applying multiplier
26 check_http: Use real booleans instead of ints
27 check_http: Document process_arguments a little bit better
28 check_http: Remove dead code
29 check_http: Fix several bug in the implementation of unchunking
30 check_http: Reformat a part to increase readability
31 check_apt: Put upgrade options in the root sections
32 check_apt: Fix comment
33 check_apt: Use real booleans
34 check_mailq: Fixing nullmailer regex
35 check_snmp: Fix regex matches
36 check_log: Fixed a bug when using --all
37 check_log: Cleaned up duplicated code in the args
38 check_http: Fix memory reallocation error in chunk decoding logic
39 check_http: Add space for ending NULL byte in array for chunked encoding
40
412.3.2 20th Oct 2022
42 GENERAL
43 Use netcat-openbsd for debian explicitly (by @RincewindsHat #1704)
44 Replace egrep with grep -E (by @RincewindsHat #1791)
45 Use silent automake by default (by @RincewindsHat #1747)
46
47 SINGLE PLUGINS
48 check_by_ssh: added option to exit with an warning, if there is output on STDERR (by @nafets #1301)
49 check_by_ssh: Add "-U" flag (#1123). (by @archiecobbs #1774)
50 check_by_ssh: Let ssh decide if a host is valid, enables usage of ssh .config file (by @RincewindsHat #1691)
51 check_curl: Add an option to check_curl to verify the peer certificate & host using the system CA's (by @bazzisoft #1669)
52 check_curl: fixed -ffollow for HTTP/2.0 (Fixes #1685): added major_version parsing to PicoHTTPParser (by @andreasbaumann #1742)
53 check_curl: fixes check_curl: "CRITICAL - Cannot retrieve certificate subject." (by @andreasbaumann #1689)
54 check_curl: fix if http header contains leading spaces (by @sni #1666)
55 check_curl: Update check_curl.c to display a specific human-readable error message where possible (by @bazzisoft #1668)
56 check_curl: verify certificates option should not force SSL to be used (by @bazzisoft #1688)
57 check_disk: Description for -M was the wrong way around (by @RincewindsHat #1746)
58 check_disk: Fixing the stuff that is broken on btrfs (by @waja #1388)
59 check_disk: Fix perfdata for big values for check disk (by @RincewindsHat #1714)
60 check_disk_smb: Add configfile feature (by @Napsty #1402)
61 check_disk_smb: Add timeout (by @cdruee #1770)
62 check_dns: Add --expect-nxdomain (by @Jonny007-MKD #1623)
63 check_dns: split multiple IP addresses passed in one -a argument (by @DerDakon #1649)
64 check_file_age: Make size parameter a little bit more intelligible (by @RincewindsHat #1730)
65 check_fping: Implements 'host-alive' mode (Closes. #1027) (by @waja #1740)
66 check_game: Update Url to qstat (by @RincewindsHat #1725)
67 check_http: changed 'STATE_CRITICAL' to 'STATE_WARNING' for infinite loop (by @xFuture603 #1690)
68 check_http: Increase regexp limit (by @hydrapolic #1566)
69 check_http: Support http redirect (by @waja #1449)
70 check_icmp: buffer offerflow (by @RincewindsHat #1733)
71 check_icmp: delay set_source_ip() until address_family is detected (by @ghciv6 #1735)
72 check_icmp: Fix "Invalid Argument" from sendmsg() under FreeBSD 13.1 and "setsockopt failed" for TTL setting (by @eriksejr #1771)
73 check_icmp: Fix pkt perfdata in check_host mode (by @sjoegren #1721)
74 check_ldap: Allows check_ldap to read password from environment variable (by @mullumaus #1724)
75 check_load: add LOAD prefix to load plugin (by @haraldj #1694)
76 check_load: Display total and scaled load values if check_load scales the values (by number of CPUs by @RincewindsHat #1778)
77 check_log: Missing oldlog now aborts check_log (by @RincewindsHat #1732)
78 check_mailq: Add mailq -C option for config dir or config file (by @leeclemens #1490)
79 check_mailq: Check mailq domain specific warnings (by @RincewindsHat #1731)
80 check_mailq: Fix regexp for nullmailer "mailq" output (by @darksoul42 #1493)
81 check_mysql: fix segfaults with mysql-connector-c #1562 (by @ghciv6 #1644)
82 check_pgsql: add --queryname parameter to check_pgsql (by @datamuc #1741)
83 check_ping: Do not show RTA if no connection was possible (by @RincewindsHat #1697)
84 check_ping: understang ping6 output from iputils package (by @glensc #1412)
85 check_proc: Fix check proc ps detection (by @sni #1712)
86 check_procs: exchange needle and haystack in strstr() for proper st… (by @wolfgangkarall #1654)
87 check_smtp: add -L flag to support LMTP (LHLO instead of HELO/EHLO). (by @ghen2 #1715)
88 check_snmp: Added option for null zero length string exit codes (by @FracKenA #1496)
89 check_snmp: fix performance thresholds when using multiple oids (by @sni #1722)
90 check_snmp fix segfaults (by @adrb #1589)
91 check_snmp: put the "c" (to mark a counter) after the perfdata value (by @lausser #1465)
92 check_swap: fix parsing swap values (by @sni #1780)
93 check_swap: Fix perfdata for check swap (by @RincewindsHat #1707)
94 check_swap: Fix unit for total in perfdata (by @RincewindsHat #1779)
95 check_swap: Handle cached swap (by @mdavranche #1642)
96 check_swap: Small fix to threshold validation and style (indentation) fixes (by @RincewindsHat #1723)
97 check_ups: Fix possible overflow in check_ups (by @phibos #1727)
98 check_uptime: Add option to report uptime in days instead of seconds (by @amotl #1750)
99 check_uptime: Fix/improve output message "Uptime is ..." (by @amotl #1751)
100
101 MULTIPLE PLUGINS
102 check_http, check_curl: added --max-redirs=N option (feature #1684) (by @andreasbaumann #1744)
103 check_http, check_curl: Enhancement --continue-after-certificate (backport from nagios-plugins) (by @andreasbaumann #1762)
104 check_http, check_curl: Remove check_http and check_curl test which are somehow always failing (by @RincewindsHat #1777)
105 check_log, check_oracle, check_sensors: Several fixes shellcheck complaining about (by @waja #1459)
106 sslutils: use chain from client certificates (by @tobiaswiese #1664)
107
108 NON FUNCTIONAL CHANGES
109 Trivial source code whitespace formatting fixes to standard. (by @ziesemer #1424)
110 docs: fix simple typo, conspicuosly -> conspicuously (by @timgates42 #1652)
111 Migrate to GitHub actions (by @jacobbaungard #1686)
112 Point to Icinga Exchange instead of dead Monitoring Exchange (by @RincewindsHat #1737)
113 github actions: fix check_users test case (by @sni #1713)
114 Add CodeQL checks (by @phibos #1682)
115 Fix some QL problems (by @RincewindsHat #1729)
116 Update CodeQL and update runner before installing (by @RincewindsHat #1775)
117 check_disk: Check disk compiler warnings (by @RincewindsHat #1758)
118 check_disk: Trivial printf fix and a little bit of code style (by @RincewindsHat #1695)
119 check_http: Docs: make -C obvious (by @stblassitude #1554)
120 check_ifoperstatus: Re-attach a comment to where it actually belongs (by @peternewman #1699)
121 check_ircd: Restrict the nickname length of the test user for check_ircd (by @RincewindsHat #1710)
122 check_load: Check load compiler warnings (by @RincewindsHat #1759)
123 check_log: Modernize check log (by @RincewindsHat #1692)
124 check_mailq: remove duplicate W=i/C=i args in check_mailq.pl (by @ichdasich #1755)
125 check_ntp: Check ntp remove unused variables (by @RincewindsHat #1781)
126 check_pgsql: Using snprintf which honors the buffers size and guarantees null termination. (Closes: #1601) (by @waja #1663)
127 check_procs: Fix double percentage sign in usage (by @RincewindsHat #1743)
128 check_sensors.sh: Make shellcheck happier (by @RincewindsHat #1679)
129 check_snmp: Fixed option description authpassword -> authpasswd + whitespaces (by @RincewindsHat #1676)
130 check_swap: Check swap compiler warnings (by @RincewindsHat #1756)
131
1322.3.1 10 April 2021
133 ENHANCEMENTS
134 check_curl: Add an option to verify the peer certificate & host using the system CA's
135
136 FIXES
137 check_icmp: fix simple typo, conspicuosly -> conspicuously
138 check_curl: fixed help, usage and errors for TLS 1.3
139 check_curl: fixed a potential buffer overflow in url buffer
140 check_dns: split multiple IP addresses passed in one -a argument
141 check_curl: added string_statuscode function for printing HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 correctly
142 check_curl: fix crash if http header contains leading spaces
143 check_curl: display a specific human-readable error message where possible
144 check_pgsql: Using snprintf which honors the buffers size and guarantees null termination.
145 check_snmp: put the "c" (to mark a counter) after the perfdata value
146 check_http: Increase regexp limit
147 check_http: make -C obvious
148 check_curl: Increase regexp limit (to 1024 as in check_http)
149 check_curl: make -C obvious (from check_http)
150 check_curl: backported --show-body/-B to print body (from check_http)
151
1522.3 10th December 2020
153 ENHANCEMENTS
154 check_dns: allow 'expected address' (-a) to be specified in CIDR notation
155 (IPv4 only).
156 check_dns: allow for IPv6 RDNS
157 check_dns: Accept CIDR
158 check_dns: allow unsorted addresses
159 check_dns: allow forcing complete match of all addresses
160 check_dns: option to expect NXDOMAIN
161 check_apt: add --only-critical switch
162 check_apt: add -l/--list option to print packages
163 check_file_age: add range checking
164 check_file_age: enable to test for maximum file size
165 check_apt: adding packages-warning option
166 check_load: Adding top consuming processes option
167 check_http: Adding Proxy-Authorization and extra headers
168 check_snmp: make calculation of timeout value in help output more clear
169 check_uptime: new plugin for checking uptime to see how long the system is running
170 check_curl: check_http replacement based on libcurl
171 check_http: Allow user to specify HTTP method after proxy CONNECT
172 check_http: Add new flag --show-body/-B to print body
173 check_cluster: Added data argument validation
174 check_icmp: Add IPv6 support
175 check_icmp: Automatically detect IP protocol
176 check_icmp: emit error if multiple protocol version
177 check_disk: add support to display inodes usage in perfdata
178 check_hpjd: Added -D option to disable warning on 'out of paper'
179 check_http: support the --show-body/-B flag when --expect is used
180 check_mysql: allow mariadbclient to be used
181 check_tcp: add --sni
182 check_dns: detect unreachable dns service in nslookup output
183
184 FIXES
185 Fix regression where check_dhcp was rereading response in a tight loop
186 check_dns: fix error detection on sles nslookup
187 check_disk_smb: fix timeout issue
188 check_swap: repaired "-n" behaviour
189 check_icmp: Correctly set address_family on lookup
190 check_icmp: Do not overwrite -4,-6 on lookup
191 check_smtp: initializes n before it is used
192 check_dns: fix typo in parameter description
193 check_by_ssh: fix child process leak on timeouts
194 check_mysql: Allow sockets to be specified to -H
195 check_procs: improve command examples for 'at least' processes
196 check_swap: repaired "-n" behaviour
197 check_disk: include -P switch in help
198 check_mailq: restore accidentally removed options
199
2002.2 29th November 2016
4 ENHANCEMENTS 201 ENHANCEMENTS
5 check_snmp's performance data now also includes warning/critical
6 thresholds
7 New check_snmp "-N" option to specify SNMPv3 context name
8 New check_nt "-l" parameters: seconds|minutes|hours|days
9 New check_mailq -s option which tells the plugin to use sudo(8)
10 New -W/-C option for check_ldap to check number of entries (Gerhard Lausser)
11 The check_http -S/--ssl option now accepts the arguments "1.1" and "1.2" 202 The check_http -S/--ssl option now accepts the arguments "1.1" and "1.2"
12 to force TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 connections, respectively 203 to force TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 connections, respectively
13 The check_http -S/--ssl option now allows for specifying the desired 204 The check_http -S/--ssl option now allows for specifying the desired
14 protocol with a "+" suffix to also accept newer versions 205 protocol with a "+" suffix to also accept newer versions
206 Let check_http check HTTPS web sites via proxies
207 check_http: add timeout to performance data as max value
208 check_http: report certificate expiry date in UTC
209 check_snmp: add IPv6 support
210 check_snmp's performance data now also includes warning/critical
211 thresholds
212 New check_snmp -N option to specify SNMPv3 context name
213 Let check_smtp's -D option imply -S
214 Let check_smtp's -e option match against the full SMTP response
215 check_dig: expected response is now case-insensitive
216 New check_mailq -s option which tells the plugin to use sudo(8)
217 New check_nt -l parameters: seconds|minutes|hours|days
218 New -W/-C option for check_ldap to check number of entries
219 check_users: add support for range thresholds
220 check_fping now auto-detects IPv6 addresses
221 check_radius now supports the radcli library
222 Support OpenSSL 1.1
15 223
16 FIXES 224 FIXES
225 check_http: fix host header port handling
17 Let check_real terminate lines with CRLF when talking to the server, as 226 Let check_real terminate lines with CRLF when talking to the server, as
18 mandated by 2326 227 mandated by RFC 2326
19 Fix check_procs on HP-UX 228 Fix check_procs on HP-UX
20 check_smtp's -e/--expect option can now be combined with -S/--starttls 229 check_smtp's -e/--expect option can now be combined with -S/--starttls
21 Fix incorrect performance data thresholds emitted by check_ups 230 Fix incorrect performance data thresholds emitted by check_ups
231 Don't let check_procs miss some processes on busy Solaris systems
22 232
23 WARNINGS 233 WARNINGS
24 The format of the performance data emitted by check_mrtgtraf has been 234 The format of the performance data emitted by check_mrtgtraf has been
@@ -42,11 +252,10 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
42 Fix check_apt's handling of invalid regular expressions 252 Fix check_apt's handling of invalid regular expressions
43 Fix check_real's server response processing 253 Fix check_real's server response processing
44 Fix backslash escaping in check_tcp's --help output 254 Fix backslash escaping in check_tcp's --help output
45 Fix check_procs's unclosed filehandle in pst3 on Solaris
46 255
472.1 15th October 2014 2562.1 15th October 2014
48 ENHANCEMENTS 257 ENHANCEMENTS
49 New check_hpjd -p option for port specification (abrist) 258 New check_hpjd -p option for port specification
50 New ./configure --with-qmail-qstat-command option to specify the path to 259 New ./configure --with-qmail-qstat-command option to specify the path to
51 qmail-qstat(8) 260 qmail-qstat(8)
52 New check_ifstatus -n option to ignore interfaces by name 261 New check_ifstatus -n option to ignore interfaces by name
@@ -54,7 +263,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
54 New check_mysql -n option to ignore authentication failures 263 New check_mysql -n option to ignore authentication failures
55 Added IP and port or socket name to error messages 264 Added IP and port or socket name to error messages
56 New check_ntp_time -o option to add expected offset 265 New check_ntp_time -o option to add expected offset
57 check_disk shows now troubled partions in verbose mode 266 check_disk shows now troubled partitions in verbose mode
58 check_dig has now support for drill and dig 267 check_dig has now support for drill and dig
59 check_dig has now support for -6 option 268 check_dig has now support for -6 option
60 Add performance data to check_file_age 269 Add performance data to check_file_age
@@ -94,7 +303,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
94 Don't have check_http's -N option expect an argument 303 Don't have check_http's -N option expect an argument
95 check_ide_smart could disable offline auto tests but could not re-enable them. 304 check_ide_smart could disable offline auto tests but could not re-enable them.
96 For this reason all SMART command modes have been disabled. 305 For this reason all SMART command modes have been disabled.
97 check_dig: fix wrong IPv6 arguments order (Stéphane Bortzmeyer) 306 check_dig: fix wrong IPv6 arguments order
98 check_dig: make sure not to give up too early when a timeout is specified with -t 307 check_dig: make sure not to give up too early when a timeout is specified with -t
99 check_log: don't stumble over log lines that include a "%" character 308 check_log: don't stumble over log lines that include a "%" character
100 check_nt: add UPTIME to perfdata 309 check_nt: add UPTIME to perfdata
@@ -128,15 +337,15 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
128 Let OpenSSL load its configuration file (see the OPENSSL_config(3) man page) 337 Let OpenSSL load its configuration file (see the OPENSSL_config(3) man page)
129 Add performance data to check_apt 338 Add performance data to check_apt
130 Add performance data to check_procs 339 Add performance data to check_procs
131 Added -4/-6 options to check_dig (Ville Mattila) 340 Added -4/-6 options to check_dig
132 New check_oracle --connect option to perform real login 341 New check_oracle --connect option to perform real login
133 New check_nagios -t option to override the default timeout 342 New check_nagios -t option to override the default timeout
134 New check_disk -f/--freespace-ignore-reserved option to ignore space reserved for root 343 New check_disk -f/--freespace-ignore-reserved option to ignore space reserved for root
135 New check_disk -N/--include-type option to limit the filesystem types to check 344 New check_disk -N/--include-type option to limit the filesystem types to check
136 Allow for building the plugins in parallel 345 Allow for building the plugins in parallel
137 Add --without-{dbi,ldap,radius} options to ./configure 346 Add --without-{dbi,ldap,radius} options to ./configure
138 Made Verbose output of check_sensors compliant (Gabriele Tozzi) 347 Made Verbose output of check_sensors compliant
139 New switch -E/--extended-perfdata for check_http to print additional performance data (Sebastian Nohn) 348 New switch -E/--extended-perfdata for check_http to print additional performance data
140 New check_http -d option to specify a string to expect within the response headers 349 New check_http -d option to specify a string to expect within the response headers
141 New check_http -J/-K options for client certificate authentication support 350 New check_http -J/-K options for client certificate authentication support
142 Add support for executing queries to check_pgsql 351 Add support for executing queries to check_pgsql
@@ -148,10 +357,10 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
148 New check_procs -k option to ignore kernel threads (on Linux) 357 New check_procs -k option to ignore kernel threads (on Linux)
149 Let check_procs use /proc/<PID>/exe (if available) instead of getpid(2), unless -T is specified 358 Let check_procs use /proc/<PID>/exe (if available) instead of getpid(2), unless -T is specified
150 Let check_mysql support SSL 359 Let check_mysql support SSL
151 Let check_mysql add perfromance metrics for all checks 360 Let check_mysql add performance metrics for all checks
152 New check_mysql -f option to specify a client options file 361 New check_mysql -f option to specify a client options file
153 New check_mysql -g option to specify a client options group 362 New check_mysql -g option to specify a client options group
154 New check_snmp --offset option to allow for adding/substracting an offset value to sensor data 363 New check_snmp --offset option to allow for adding/subtracting an offset value to sensor data
155 Let check_snmp support an arbitrary number of OIDs 364 Let check_snmp support an arbitrary number of OIDs
156 Let check_ide_smart support NetBSD 365 Let check_ide_smart support NetBSD
157 366
@@ -159,47 +368,47 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
159 Change the MAIL FROM command generated by check_smtp to be RFC compliant 368 Change the MAIL FROM command generated by check_smtp to be RFC compliant
160 Fix compilation of check_http without SSL support 369 Fix compilation of check_http without SSL support
161 Fix check_snmp reversed threshold ranges (backward-compatibility) 370 Fix check_snmp reversed threshold ranges (backward-compatibility)
162 Fix check_snmp memory violation when using more than 8 oids (Robin Sonefors) 371 Fix check_snmp memory violation when using more than 8 oids
163 Fix check_apt security regular expression (Alex Bradley) 372 Fix check_apt security regular expression
164 Fix check_http handling extra header (-k) containing semicolons (Richard Leitner) 373 Fix check_http handling extra header (-k) containing semicolons
165 Fix check_apt handling unknown exit codes from apt-get (Richard Leitner) 374 Fix check_apt handling unknown exit codes from apt-get
166 Fix deprecated imports of check_nmap.py (Fabio Rueda) 375 Fix deprecated imports of check_nmap.py
167 376
168 WARNINGS 377 WARNINGS
169 check_http behaviour of -k/--header changed since it does not seperate multiple headers by semicolons anymore. Use multiple -k switches instead. 378 check_http behaviour of -k/--header changed since it does not separate multiple headers by semicolons anymore. Use multiple -k switches instead.
170 check_http's --proxy_authorization option is now called --proxy-authorization (it was always documented this way) 379 check_http's --proxy_authorization option is now called --proxy-authorization (it was always documented this way)
171 The contrib directory has been removed from this distribution 380 The contrib directory has been removed from this distribution
172 381
1731.4.16 27th June 2012 3821.4.16 27th June 2012
174 ENHANCEMENTS 383 ENHANCEMENTS
175 check_nt UPTIME accepts warning/critical thresholds (Ryan Kelly) 384 check_nt UPTIME accepts warning/critical thresholds
176 check_disk_smb now allows spaces in share names (#990948, #1370031, Debian #601699) 385 check_disk_smb now allows spaces in share names (#990948, #1370031, Debian #601699)
177 check_http now uses standard threshold functions (enables floating point and ranges) 386 check_http now uses standard threshold functions (enables floating point and ranges)
178 check_http now checks for and prints the certificate cn (hostname) in SSL certificate checks (Stéphane Urbanovski) 387 check_http now checks for and prints the certificate cn (hostname) in SSL certificate checks
179 check_http now supports an optional -S/--ssl value to choose the SSL protocol version (#3066166 - Jason Lunn) 388 check_http now supports an optional -S/--ssl value to choose the SSL protocol version (#3066166)
180 Add perfdata to check_ssh (#3244097 - Marco Beck) 389 Add perfdata to check_ssh (#3244097)
181 New option to check_smtp to ignore failures when sending QUIT (#3358348 - Duncan Ferguson) 390 New option to check_smtp to ignore failures when sending QUIT (#3358348)
182 New check_by_ssh -F option which allows for specifying an alternative ssh_config(5) file (#2895334 - Sven Nierlein) 391 New check_by_ssh -F option which allows for specifying an alternative ssh_config(5) file (#2895334)
183 check_sensors now detects faulty sensors unless --ignore-fault is specified (Jan Wagner) 392 check_sensors now detects faulty sensors unless --ignore-fault is specified
184 utils.sh now provides a check_range function (Alex Griffin) 393 utils.sh now provides a check_range function
185 Improved the performance of check_users (Marc Remy) 394 Improved the performance of check_users
186 Add perfdata to check_disk_smb (Debian #654259 - Charles-Henri Larose) 395 Add perfdata to check_disk_smb (Debian #654259)
187 Updated Nagios::Plugin perl module 396 Updated Nagios::Plugin perl module
188 Add warning threshold to certificate expiration checks of check_tcp/http/smtp (William Leibzon) 397 Add warning threshold to certificate expiration checks of check_tcp/http/smtp
189 Add --perf-oids option for check_snmp (Jochen Bern) 398 Add --perf-oids option for check_snmp
190 399
191 FIXES 400 FIXES
192 Fix check_disk free space calculation if blocksizes differ within a disk group (Bekar - #2973603) 401 Fix check_disk free space calculation if blocksizes differ within a disk group (#2973603)
193 check_disk_smb now handles NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED properly (Debian #601696) 402 check_disk_smb now handles NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED properly (Debian #601696)
194 Make check_snmp work more like v1.4.14 with regard to using special values (Timeticks, STRING) as numeric thresholds 403 Make check_snmp work more like v1.4.14 with regard to using special values (Timeticks, STRING) as numeric thresholds
195 Fix check_ldap overriding the port when --ssl was specified after -p 404 Fix check_ldap overriding the port when --ssl was specified after -p
196 Fix check_procs where regex input of '|' would get displayed in output - now replaced with ',' 405 Fix check_procs where regex input of '|' would get displayed in output - now replaced with ','
197 Fix segfault in check_host when hostname returns multiple IP addresses (Sebastian Harl) 406 Fix segfault in check_host when hostname returns multiple IP addresses
198 Fix check_smtp and check_tcp where duplicate messages were displayed for certificate errors 407 Fix check_smtp and check_tcp where duplicate messages were displayed for certificate errors
199 Fix check_ping's parsing of ping6(1) output (#1894850, Debian #514588, Debian #662638 - Matej Vela) 408 Fix check_ping's parsing of ping6(1) output (#1894850, Debian #514588, Debian #662638)
200 Fix a check_dhcp bug which was triggered by checking Windows 2003 DHCP servers (#3503921) 409 Fix a check_dhcp bug which was triggered by checking Windows 2003 DHCP servers (#3503921)
201 Disable RFC4507 support, to work around SSL negotiation issues with (at least) some Tomcat versions 410 Disable RFC4507 support, to work around SSL negotiation issues with (at least) some Tomcat versions
202 Fix performance data label containing spaces in check_snmp (Jochen Bern) 411 Fix performance data label containing spaces in check_snmp
203 412
2041.4.15 27th July 2010 4131.4.15 27th July 2010
205 ENHANCEMENTS 414 ENHANCEMENTS
@@ -209,30 +418,30 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
209 New check_snmp --rate option to store differences between invocations. Saves state in PREFIX/var/{plugin} 418 New check_snmp --rate option to store differences between invocations. Saves state in PREFIX/var/{plugin}
210 check_snmp -l label option now also changes the perfdata label. See WARNINGS 419 check_snmp -l label option now also changes the perfdata label. See WARNINGS
211 check_snmp has an --invert-search option which reverses status of the string and regexp searches 420 check_snmp has an --invert-search option which reverses status of the string and regexp searches
212 check_http now displays the missing search string and the URL in the output when failed (Duncan Ferguson - #2999924) 421 check_http now displays the missing search string and the URL in the output when failed (#2999924)
213 Updated Nagios::Plugin perl module 422 Updated Nagios::Plugin perl module
214 Updated gnulib to June 2010 423 Updated gnulib to June 2010
215 424
216 FIXES 425 FIXES
217 Fix check_ircd binding to wrong interface (#668778) 426 Fix check_ircd binding to wrong interface (#668778)
218 Add proxy-authorization option to check_http (Marcel Kuiper - #1323230, Bryan Irvine - #2863925) 427 Add proxy-authorization option to check_http (#1323230, #2863925)
219 check_icmp now increment the sequence counter in each packet 428 check_icmp now increment the sequence counter in each packet
220 Fix usage of repeated -o options in check_snmp 429 Fix usage of repeated -o options in check_snmp
221 Try to detect arguments passed via --with-ping[6]-command and set options accordingly (#2908236) 430 Try to detect arguments passed via --with-ping[6]-command and set options accordingly (#2908236)
222 Fix memory leak in check_http for large pages (Jimmy Bergman - #2957455) 431 Fix memory leak in check_http for large pages (#2957455)
223 Fix compilation with GCC 2.96 (Konstantin Khomoutov - #2977105) 432 Fix compilation with GCC 2.96 (#2977105)
224 Fix regression introduced in #1867716 where partially valid performance strings would not be printed anymore 433 Fix regression introduced in #1867716 where partially valid performance strings would not be printed anymore
225 Fix regression in check_http ssl checks on some servers - make SNI an option 434 Fix regression in check_http ssl checks on some servers - make SNI an option
226 Fix guest mode support in check_disk_smb 435 Fix guest mode support in check_disk_smb
227 Fix check_disk_smb and check_ircd failures when run via ePN 436 Fix check_disk_smb and check_ircd failures when run via ePN
228 check_ldap now allows for specifying an empty LDAP base 437 check_ldap now allows for specifying an empty LDAP base
229 Fix compilation error of pst3 in Solaris 8 438 Fix compilation error of pst3 in Solaris 8
230 Fix check_radius returning OK on unexpected results (Craig Leres - #2911752) 439 Fix check_radius returning OK on unexpected results (#2911752)
231 Fix translations when extra-opts aren't enabled (Jan Wagner - #2832884) 440 Fix translations when extra-opts aren't enabled (#2832884)
232 Fix parsing of multi-line strings in check_snmp (broken in 1.4.14) and enhance output in such case (#2832451) 441 Fix parsing of multi-line strings in check_snmp (broken in 1.4.14) and enhance output in such case (#2832451)
233 Fix detection of pst3 64-bit compile flags with Sun CC 442 Fix detection of pst3 64-bit compile flags with Sun CC
234 Fix cmd_run overwriting the environment, which would break some commands that needed it 443 Fix cmd_run overwriting the environment, which would break some commands that needed it
235 Allow check_ifstatus to accept version=2c - used to only allow version=2 (Brian Landers) 444 Allow check_ifstatus to accept version=2c - used to only allow version=2
236 Fix examples in check_disk, where it implied was possible to suffix unit values to warn/crit parameters 445 Fix examples in check_disk, where it implied was possible to suffix unit values to warn/crit parameters
237 446
238 WARNINGS 447 WARNINGS
@@ -245,71 +454,71 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
245 check_http has options to specify the HTTP method (#2155152) 454 check_http has options to specify the HTTP method (#2155152)
246 check_users thresholds were not working exactly as documented (>= rather than >) 455 check_users thresholds were not working exactly as documented (>= rather than >)
247 Updated tinderbox_build script to point to new tinderbox server 456 Updated tinderbox_build script to point to new tinderbox server
248 check_ifoperstatus -n flag now works as expected (sf.net #1569488) 457 check_ifoperstatus -n flag now works as expected (#1569488)
249 check_ifoperstatus now supports ifType based lookup for ifIndex 458 check_ifoperstatus now supports ifType based lookup for ifIndex
250 check_ups now sends a LOGOUT string (debian bug #387001) 459 check_ups now sends a LOGOUT string (Debian #387001)
251 Extra-opts (C plugins) now allows both '#' and ';' for comments (like N::P) 460 Extra-opts (C plugins) now allows both '#' and ';' for comments (like N::P)
252 Extra-opts (C plugins) does not allow trailing comments anymore (like N::P) 461 Extra-opts (C plugins) does not allow trailing comments anymore (like N::P)
253 Fixed dependency issue on libtap when ./configure --enable-libtap used. Warning: will install libtap 462 Fixed dependency issue on libtap when ./configure --enable-libtap used. Warning: will install libtap
254 Fixed segfault in extra-opts under some circumstance when reading multiple sections 463 Fixed segfault in extra-opts under some circumstance when reading multiple sections
255 Fix long options parsing in check_disk, check_dns, check_mrtg, check_mrtgtraf and check_tcp 464 Fix long options parsing in check_disk, check_dns, check_mrtg, check_mrtgtraf and check_tcp
256 Add missing long options for check_nt (for use with extra-opts) 465 Add missing long options for check_nt (for use with extra-opts)
257 check_icmp now reports min and max round trip time perfdata (Steve Rader) 466 check_icmp now reports min and max round trip time perfdata
258 Fixed check_http bug where additional headers with redirection caused a segfault (Dieter Van de Walle - 2089159) 467 Fixed check_http bug where additional headers with redirection caused a segfault (2089159)
259 check_disk: make autofs mount paths specified with -p before we determine the mount list (Erik Welch) 468 check_disk: make autofs mount paths specified with -p before we determine the mount list
260 Fixed buffer overflow in check_ntp/check_ntp_peer (#1999319, Ubuntu #291265) 469 Fixed buffer overflow in check_ntp/check_ntp_peer (#1999319, Ubuntu #291265)
261 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 470 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
262 Fixed check_mrtg returning UNKNOWN instead of OK (bug #2378068) 471 Fixed check_mrtg returning UNKNOWN instead of OK (#2378068)
263 Fixed check_http behaviour: all check are now performed as long as a valid response is returned (sf.net #1460312) 472 Fixed check_http behaviour: all check are now performed as long as a valid response is returned (#1460312)
264 check_http --onredirect=sticky follows using the same IP address (sf.net #2550208) 473 check_http --onredirect=sticky follows using the same IP address (#2550208)
265 check_http --onredirect=stickyport also follows the same port 474 check_http --onredirect=stickyport also follows the same port
266 Fixed coredump from check_nt when invalid drive is specified (#2179754 - Olli Hauer) 475 Fixed coredump from check_nt when invalid drive is specified (#2179754)
267 Fixed crash from check_nt when -H unspecified or given multiple times (sf.net #2731755, debian #521097) 476 Fixed crash from check_nt when -H unspecified or given multiple times (#2731755, Debian #521097)
268 Fixed passing of quotes in OID for check_snmp (#1985230 - Jan Wagner, patch by John Barbuto) 477 Fixed passing of quotes in OID for check_snmp (#1985230)
269 Fixed check_http sending HTTP/1.0 with v1.1 headers (#2638765) 478 Fixed check_http sending HTTP/1.0 with v1.1 headers (#2638765)
270 Fixed check_http not timing-out on redirects 479 Fixed check_http not timing-out on redirects
271 Fixed negate not printing the real timeout in ALRM handler when left to default 480 Fixed negate not printing the real timeout in ALRM handler when left to default
272 negate timeout result is now configurable 481 negate timeout result is now configurable
273 Fixed segfault in check_mysql with old slaves (#2696823 - Oskar Ahner) 482 Fixed segfault in check_mysql with old slaves (#2696823)
274 check_nt can return UNKNOWN on timeouts (-u) 483 check_nt can return UNKNOWN on timeouts (-u)
275 Fixed typos for check_disk (Chris Pepper) 484 Fixed typos for check_disk
276 Fixed check_mysql* not using password set in my.cnf (#2531905 - Ben Timby) - Specify an empty password explicitly if you need to override it. 485 Fixed check_mysql* not using password set in my.cnf (#2531905) - Specify an empty password explicitly if you need to override it.
277 Fixed awk subst.in/subst script path error (#2722832 - Martin Foster) 486 Fixed awk subst.in/subst script path error (#2722832)
278 check_http: Add SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI) - (#1939022 - Joe Presbrey) 487 check_http: Add SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI) - (#1939022)
279 Fixed wrong perfdata label for output traffic in check_mrtgtraf (#2654308 - Gavin Williams) 488 Fixed wrong perfdata label for output traffic in check_mrtgtraf (#2654308)
280 Fixed check_by_ssh interpretation of quotes in -C parameter (#1985246, #2268675) 489 Fixed check_by_ssh interpretation of quotes in -C parameter (#1985246, #2268675)
281 check_snmp now supports standard threshold ranges and doubles (floating numbers) in thresholds 490 check_snmp now supports standard threshold ranges and doubles (floating numbers) in thresholds
282 check_fping now supports passing target timeout and interval to fping (#2347686 - Martin Foster) 491 check_fping now supports passing target timeout and interval to fping (#2347686)
283 Fixed SNMPv3 behaviour of check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus. Added -P to define privprotocol (#2343438 - Robin Schroeder) 492 Fixed SNMPv3 behaviour of check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus. Added -P to define privprotocol (#2343438)
284 check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus are now more user-friendly in case of missing arguments 493 check_ifoperstatus and check_ifstatus are now more user-friendly in case of missing arguments
285 pst3 compile fix for Sun Studio Compiler (Grant Byers) 494 pst3 compile fix for Sun Studio Compiler
286 495
2871.4.13 25th Sept 2008 4961.4.13 25th Sept 2008
288 Fix Debian bug #460097: check_http --max-age broken (Hilko Bengen) 497 Fix Debian bug #460097: check_http --max-age broken
289 Optimised pst3 for systems with large number of processes (Duncan Ferguson) 498 Optimised pst3 for systems with large number of processes
290 Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.27 499 Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.27
291 Fix Debian bug #479013: check_dig's -l is mandatory now (sf.net #1986306) 500 Fix Debian bug #479013: check_dig's -l is mandatory now (#1986306)
292 check_dig now returns CRITICAL instead of WARNING when no answer section is found 501 check_dig now returns CRITICAL instead of WARNING when no answer section is found
293 check_procs now captures stderr in external command and adds to plugin output 502 check_procs now captures stderr in external command and adds to plugin output
294 check_snmp now only prints perfdata for non numeric values (#1867716) 503 check_snmp now only prints perfdata for non numeric values (#1867716)
295 check_icmp now supports packet size modification 504 check_icmp now supports packet size modification
296 check_http -e now accepts a comma-delimited list of expected status codes (Sven Nierlein) 505 check_http -e now accepts a comma-delimited list of expected status codes
297 libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap 506 libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap
298 check_ntp_peer/check_ntp_time used to show port in --help but ignored the argument - now implemented 507 check_ntp_peer/check_ntp_time used to show port in --help but ignored the argument - now implemented
299 Fix possible segfault in check_ntp_peer with deliberately invalid packets 508 Fix possible segfault in check_ntp_peer with deliberately invalid packets
300 509
3011.4.12 27th May 2008 5101.4.12 27th May 2008
302 Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances (Alessandro Ren) 511 Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances
303 New check_icmp -s option to specify the source IP address 512 New check_icmp -s option to specify the source IP address
304 check_dns now sorts addresses for testing results for more than one returned IP (Matthias Urlichs) 513 check_dns now sorts addresses for testing results for more than one returned IP
305 Fix segfault in check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp (Bug #1862300) 514 Fix segfault in check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp (#1862300)
306 check_disk should now work with large file systems (2TB+) on all archs that supports it 515 check_disk should now work with large file systems (2TB+) on all archs that supports it
307 Fixed check_disk disk usage calculation when using --group=NAME (related to bug #1348746) 516 Fixed check_disk disk usage calculation when using --group=NAME (related to #1348746)
308 Fix help text of check_ntp* (Bug #1880095) 517 Fix help text of check_ntp* (#1880095)
309 Fix bugs and flaws in best offset server selection of check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp 518 Fix bugs and flaws in best offset server selection of check_ntp_time and (deprecated) check_ntp
310 check_ntp_peer now checks for the LI_ALARM flag 519 check_ntp_peer now checks for the LI_ALARM flag
311 Sync to latest Gnulib (includes new floorf function) 520 Sync to latest Gnulib (includes new floorf function)
312 check_pgsql now successfully builds with postgres lib v8.3 (Bug #1878972) 521 check_pgsql now successfully builds with postgres lib v8.3 (#1878972)
313 check_procs now accepts --ereg-argument-array for a regular expression match to the argument array 522 check_procs now accepts --ereg-argument-array for a regular expression match to the argument array
314 Reverted back to using pst3 for Solaris systems. Fixed issues re: -m64 needed to compile on 64bit systems 523 Reverted back to using pst3 for Solaris systems. Fixed issues re: -m64 needed to compile on 64bit systems
315 If applicable, Gettext linked dynamically instead of statically 524 If applicable, Gettext linked dynamically instead of statically
@@ -317,9 +526,9 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
317 check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help 526 check_ntp and check_ntp_peer now show proper jitter/stratum thresholds longopts in --help
318 check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers) 527 check_dns now allow to repeat -a to match multiple possibly returned address (common with load balancers)
319 check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query 528 check_mysql and check_radius now try clearing password in processlist just like check_mysql_query
320 check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitely (-s, --socket) 529 check_mysql and check_mysql_query now support sockets explicitly (-s, --socket)
321 negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute) 530 negate now has the ability to replace the status text as well (-s, --substitute)
322 Added performance data to check_ping (Christian Schneemann) 531 Added performance data to check_ping
323 Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help) 532 Added support for --extra-opts in all C plugins (disabled by default, see configure --help)
324 Fixed passive option in check_by_ssh 533 Fixed passive option in check_by_ssh
325 On non-skipped stderr, check_by_ssh now returns UNKNOWN or worse (result from command) instead of always UNKNOWN. 534 On non-skipped stderr, check_by_ssh now returns UNKNOWN or worse (result from command) instead of always UNKNOWN.
@@ -338,9 +547,9 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
338 is "-1" as the default range starts at 0. See Examples in --help output. 547 is "-1" as the default range starts at 0. See Examples in --help output.
339 Fixed broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster 548 Fixed broken usage2 in check_snmp and check_cluster
340 check_cluster now accepts all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~") 549 check_cluster now accepts all valid characters in its thresholds ("-", "@", "~")
341 Fixed check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (bug #1348746). 550 Fixed check_disk reporting OK if disk usage grows over 100% (#1348746).
342 The problem happens to be in Gnulib but a workaround have been implemented in check_disk.c 551 The problem happens to be in Gnulib but a workaround have been implemented in check_disk.c
343 Fixed check_load argument handling when not passing triplets (bug #1831890) 552 Fixed check_load argument handling when not passing triplets (#1831890)
344 Fixed buffer overflow in check_snmp (CVE-2007-5623) 553 Fixed buffer overflow in check_snmp (CVE-2007-5623)
345 Tinderbox builds now runs tests in a verbose mode 554 Tinderbox builds now runs tests in a verbose mode
346 Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.22 555 Updated Nagios::Plugin to 0.22
@@ -357,7 +566,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
357 New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too. 566 New check_disk option -L: Only check local filesystems, but call stat() on remote ones, too.
358 Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison. 567 Thus accessibility of remote filesystems can be checked without any threshold comparison.
359 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8 568 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
360 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore pathes/partitions based on regular expressions 569 New check_disk -i/-I option to ignore paths/partitions based on regular expressions
361 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly 570 New check_disk -A option to select all filesystems explicitly
362 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments 571 WARNING: check_disk's -E option must now be passed before -p or -r/-R arguments
363 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now 572 Passing -E after -p or -r results in UNKNOWN state, now
@@ -406,7 +615,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
406 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/ 615 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
407 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql 616 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
408 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp 617 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
409 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m) 618 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for success (-m)
410 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time 619 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
411 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable 620 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
412 Root plugins installed with world executable 621 Root plugins installed with world executable
@@ -464,4 +673,3 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
464 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used 673 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
465 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB 674 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
466 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name 675 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name
467