1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
4 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
5 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
6 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
7 Root plugins installed with world executable
8 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
9 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
11 1.4.6 5th February 2007
12 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
13 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
14 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
15 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
16 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
17 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
18 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
19 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
20 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
21 Synced with latest GNUlib
22 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
25 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
28 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
30 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
31 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
32 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
33 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
34 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
35 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
36 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
39 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
40 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
41 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
42 libtool now required for development systems
43 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
44 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
47 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
50 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
51 Internationalisation support
52 Performance data added to most plugins
53 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
54 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
55 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
56 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
57 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
58 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
59 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
60 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name