This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases. ?? ?? Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9) Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4. 1.4.5 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine 1.4.4 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated. New check_apt plugin Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution. Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on. check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues Compile problems with check_snmp fixed 1.4.3 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking libtool now required for development systems Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release. check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp 1.4.2 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig 1.4 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp Internationalisation support Performance data added to most plugins check_disk now using GNU coreutils code New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec) check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB check_procs -C expects no path for the command name