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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 11:05:43 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 11:05:43 +0000 |
commit | 134ec653ca1852cab19cf8731e9d65df6dcceabf (patch) | |
tree | 0af4a1ec9744a676567bba4b4b929483a705664a /debian/NEWS | |
parent | Adding upstream version 4.0.3. (diff) | |
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Adding debian version 4.0.3-1.debian/4.0.3-1debian
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2123c7e --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +nagios-nrpe (3.2.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium + + The bug that caused the SSL support between NRPE 2.x and 3.x not + to work has been fixed. + + Because the default SSL support without certificates configured + in nrpe.cfg uses pre-generated key data, configuring SSL + certificates is strongly advised when STunnel is not used. + + The ssl-cert package can be used to generate a self-signed + certificate, but CA certificates like those from Let's Encrypt + are a better choice. + + SSL support has been re-enabled by default, to be better compatible + with previous NRPE versions where SSL support was enabled by default + too. + + The check_nrpe command definition has been updated to enable SSL + support (by removing the -n option) and the check_nrpe_ssl command + definition has been removed. The previous check_nrpe command + definition which disables SSL support is available with the new + check_nrpe_nossl command definition. + + -- Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@debian.org> Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:48:38 +0200 + +nagios-nrpe (3.0.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium + + The check_nrpe command definition has been updated to remove the + arguments option, because nagios-nrpe-server does not support + command arguments since 2.15-1. And the check_nrpe_1arg command + definition has been removed. + + If you're using the check_nrpe_1arg command in your Nagios/Icinga + configuration, you need to replace it with check_nrpe. + + SSL support is disabled by default, the reworked SSL/TLS support in + NRPE requires configuration before it can be used. Read the + instructions in /usr/share/doc/nagios-nrpe-server/README.SSL.md.gz + before enabling SSL support in /etc/default/nagios-nrpe-server. + + The default check_nrpe command in check_nrpe.cfg has been updated + to disable SSL by default too. The check_nrpe_ssl command has been + added to connect to the NRPE daemon over SSL. + + Beware that the new NRPE daemon only works with old check_nrpe + plugins when SSL support is disabled on both sides, likewise the + new check_nrpe plugin only works with the old NRPE daemon when SSL + support is disabled. + + To use SSL between the NRPE client and server, configuring Stunnel + is recommended. + + -- Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@debian.org> Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:16:46 +0100 + +nagios-nrpe (2.15-1) unstable; urgency=high + + This update disables the command-args support in nrpe. The feature + has several security problems and is often used wrong. If you have to + use this feature recompile the package with --enable-command-args + in debian/rules. + + -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:52:48 +0200 + +nagios-nrpe (2.12-4) unstable; urgency=low + + The pidfile creation mechanism changed with this update. If you do not + add "pid_file=/var/run/nagios/nrpe.pid" to you nrpe config take care that + the user "nagios" is able to write to your pidfile location. You can also + change the initscript to create the pid directory on your own. + + -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:42:13 +0200 + +nagios-nrpe (2.12-3) unstable; urgency=low + + The homedirectory of the nagios user moved to /var/lib/nagios + which is now common on all nagios related packages. Its recommended + that you migrate an already existing nagios user to use /var/lib/nagios + as homedirectory. + + -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org> Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:08:58 +0100 + +nagios-nrpe (2.4-1) unstable; urgency=low + + the nagios-nrpe-doc package is no longer provided. the documentation + can now be found in /usr/share/doc/nagios-nrpe-{server|plugins}. new + versions of the plugin and server packages conflict with the doc + package to prevent the old (and possibly incorrect in the future) + documentation from remaining. to fully purge all information about + the package you should run: + dpkg -P nagios-nrpe-doc + + -- sean finney <seanius@debian.org> Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:47:47 +0100 |