CHANGES ======= version 8.2.1 (Jun 2, 2015): - added TCP keepalives between client and server - TCP-based consoles already had the code - this was mostly an oversight - patch for SEGV and task execution - patch by Artem Savkov - expanded break sequences from [1-9] to [1-9a-z] - based on patch by Artem Savkov version 8.2.0 (Apr 20, 2014): - added --with-trust-uds-cred which uses getsockopt() to fetch and trust the client uid, bypassing password lookups - patch by Anton Lundin - missing closedir() causing memory leak - patch by Anton Lundin - sending a break signal over IPMI was broken - based on patch by Alexander Y. Fomichev - IPv6 support (marked as experimental at this point because it's untested (except by the author), there's a lack of documentation, and I'm hoping for non-getifaddrs() system support) - patch by Milos Vyletel - no more K&R compiler support version 8.1.20 (Apr 4, 2014): - IPMI serial over LAN support via FreeIPMI - based on patch by Anton D. Kachalov - minor cleanup of code, removal of gcc warnings and such that should have no fuctional change version 8.1.19 (Sep 26, 2013): - prevent select/read loop when EOF on non-pty input (console) - reported by Chris Marget - "!" syntax prefixing use of group names not honored - reported by Zonker - fixed memory leak using timestamps - patch by Karvendhan M. - deprecated --with-cycladests (noop now) - cross-compilation should work without it as autologin now expects setpgrp() to take two arugments instead of testing for it - no automatic checks for an empty password when using PAM authentication - based on discussion with Ryan Kirkpatrick - added 'sslcacertificatefile' and 'sslcacertificatepath' client configuration options - based on patch by Aki Tuomi - added 'sslcacertificatefile' and 'sslreqclientcert' server configuration options - added --with-req-server-cert to force clients to require a certificate from the server when using SSL - based on emails with Thor Simon - added server-side tasks (see conserver.cf man page) that are invoked by the client (useful for things like IPMI-based power control of servers, invoking resets of terminal server ports, or anything else that requires scripting) - ideas from patch by Anton Lundin and discussion on mailing list (2011) - added 'confirm' option to break sequences - added 'breaklist' option to limit exposure of break sequences to consoles - sending of break signals is now announced to all attached clients version 8.1.18 (Nov 11, 2010): - install man pages read-only and improved the contributed redhat init script - patches by Eric Biederman - spec file improvements in contrib/redhat-rpm - patch by Jodok Ole Muellers - GSS-API patch for client code - patch by Andras Horvath version 8.1.17 (Sep 29, 2009): - fix for interface detection when HAVE_SA_LEN is defined - first detected on NetBSD 5.0 and patched by Chris Ross - first person to connect to a console wanting read/write now gets it once the active user drops read/write - suggested by Thomas Gardner - fix typo when setting nonblocking socket for client connections, fixing stall issues - patch by Eric Biederman - GSS-API patch (--with-gssapi) to help with Kerberos tokens - patch by Nate Straz - authenticate username without @REALM when using GSS-API (--with-striprealm) - based on patch by Andras Horvath - various contrib/redhat-rpm fixes - patch by Fabien Wernli - fix handling of read(stdin) returning -1 in console client - patch by Ed Swierk version 8.1.16 (Apr 10, 2007): - added 'replstring' substitution option - inspired by conversation with Owen DeLong - added '^Ecn' option for writing a note to the logfile - patch by Bryan Schmersal - fixed leaking file descriptors when 'host' and 'uds' consoles fail to connect - based on patch by Michael Heironimus version 8.1.15 (Dec 31, 2006): - protection again telnet option negotation loops - patch by Robby Griffin - console now prints the attach/detach sequences when suspended - added --with-cycladests configure option to allow cross-compiling on a cyclades ts - patch by Matt Johnson - added master conserver host to 'console -x' output for 'device' consoles - patch by Matt Johnson - fixed parsing error when dealing with encapsulated client/server options version 8.1.14 (Apr 9, 2006): - fixed rpm conserver.spec file - based on patch by Martin Evans - added 'uds' console type for unix domain socket connections - based on patch by DJ Gregor - probing of interfaces under cygwin (and possibly others?) now skips unconfigured interfaces (even if flagged as up!) - reported by Chris Riddoch - added the '!login' console option to prevent clients from connecting to a console - suggested by Greg Tillman - added a 'noop' console type for consoles you'd like to name, but have no connection to - suggested by Greg Tillman - deprecated escape commands removed from the code - added '^EcP' and '^EcR' sequences to set the playback and replay line lengths - new console config options 'playback' and 'replay' to let the client set prefered output lengths (with a special feature for a size of zero) - prefer strlcpy() over strcpy() - based on patch by Peter Valchev - fixed bug where '^Eco' by user on an 'exec' console with an 'initcmd' causes input by user to be ignored (could be other console types as well) - reported by Mark Wedel - made POSIX termios code in autologin a requirement (since conserver requires it) and cleaned up a few other issues - based on reports by Arthur Clune version 8.1.13 (Jan 15, 2006): - use SIOCGIFNUM for interface count (if available) and catch EINVAL on Solaris - patch by Peter Jeremy - console output now resets idle timer - suggested by Peter Saunders - bug fix for conserver process running out of control and using up cpu - debugged with Alexandra N. Kossovsky version 8.1.12 (Sep 5, 2005): - printf() fix for autologin - patch by Menno Duursma - newly spawned (from SIGHUP) processes didn't properly close primary socket - SSL certificates now work again (anonymous ciphers are not allowed if a certificate is used) - client options -x, -u, -w, and -i can now take a console name to restrict output - suggested by Evan McClure - convert program now installed in $libdir/conserver - patch by Petter Reinholdtsen - we now ignore SIGXFSZ, if it exists - added 'limited' access option to remove certain functionality from users - suggested by Sven Michels - added client option -z/-Z for sending commands to servers (reload, quit, etc) - based on suggestion by Joshua Pincus - added 'execrunas' and 'initrunas' console options to allow 'exec' and 'initcmd' execution as another user and/or group - based on patch by Gary Mills - the east coast mirror had to shut down (for now, at least) - crash from bad pointer manipulation during log replay - reported by Ryan Kirkpatrick version 8.1.11 (Nov 9, 2004): - fixed array bounds and stack tromping - reported by Emmett Hogan - most recent client to ask for read-write now gets it (used to be first client to connect) - client read-write mode now separate from console up/down state - 'make autologin.install' now compiles autologin - reported by Graham Merrill - new 'autocomplete' option for controlling shortest-prefix console name matching (which has always been on) - client now blocks on ^Eco, waiting for status of connection - added 'a' and 'A' for upper and lowercase alphanumeric (0-9a-z) conversions to the *subst config items - based on patch by Jonathan Chen version 8.1.10 (Sep 21, 2004): - fix "forwarding level too deep" issue with '^Ec;' - reported by Han Pilmeyer version 8.1.9 (Jul 14, 2004): - fixed bug processing access lists when duplicates exist in the list - reported by Phil Dibowitz - fixed bug where 'idletimeout' was not recognized in default blocks - reported by John Cagle - added an 'autocomplete' config option to set the console name autocompletion behavior - suggested by John Stoffel version 8.1.8 (Jun 9, 2004): - added 'initspinmax' and 'initspintimer' console options to help calm console initialization "spinning" - fixed setsockopt() error on 64bit solaris - reported by Trond Hagen version 8.1.7 (May 28, 2004): - cleaned up the manpages a bit to make things clearer and more standard - reported by Dave Stuit - added an east coast mirror! http://conserver.syr.edu/ - thanks to Christopher T. Beers - primary group of users not included in '@group' syntax - reported by Phil Dibowitz - changed '@group' behavior such that groups are checked when needed, instead of cached at startup, which is more logical - missing variables when building convert with tcp_wrappers - reported by Nikolaos Papavassiliou - added --with-rpath option - suggested by Phil Dibowitz version 8.1.6 (May 25, 2004): - added ability to configure client via system-wide console.cf file and per-user .consolerc - suggested (independently) by Erik Sjolund and Trevor Fiatal - fixed bug where break strings were not properly sent - reported by Tim Small - fixed bug in config file 'protocol' value handling - reported by Kees Cook - conserver no longer uses the local domain name in the default access list (the default list is only created if no access list is specified in the configuration file) - inspired by William P LePera - added a 'terminal' console configuration block for printing strings when attaching and detaching from consoles - suggested by Richard Threadgill version 8.1.5 (May 7, 2004): - changed remaining O_NDELAY flags to O_NONBLOCK - added PROTOCOLS file to describe the client/server protocol - added '#include' capability to conserver.cf file - added '@group' syntax to conserver.cf file to support use of system groups - added -U client option to allow client to ask for encryption but fall back to non-encrypted connections otherwise - suggested by Mike Hendon - fixed bug where socket not properly deleted on exit - reported by William P LePera - added 'initdelay' option for throttling startup of consoles - suggested by Jay McCanta version 8.1.4 (Apr 13, 2004): - fixed macro use in manpages to hopefully be more compatible - removed extra newline of --MARK-- range output - fixed bug where server -b option wasn't working - reported by Nathan R. Hruby - fixed client segfault when using -R, -t, -d, and -b options - added a --with-uds configure option to have all client/server communication happen via unix domain sockets - suggested by William P LePera version 8.1.3 (Mar 22, 2004): - fixed small memory and file descriptor leak in client when using '^Ec;' - '^Ec;' now only disconnects from the previous console only after a successfully move to a new console, allowing you to abort the move - suggested by Christopher T. Beers version 8.1.2 (Mar 11, 2004): - better handling of client command (^Ec|) when user is bumped, conserver is reconfigured, etc - added 'initsubst' option for 'initcmd' substitutions like 'devicesubst' and 'execsubst' - based on patch by Bill Sommerfeld - modified and added to *subst (initsubst, etc) syntax to allow for flexibility and future enhancement - changed 'port' and 'portinc' minimums from 1 to 0 - it allows more flexibility and helps with 0-based counting - removed unportable sys/cdefs.h from contrib/chat/chat.c - patch by Bill Sommerfeld - added --with-extmsgs configure switch to enable entertaining messages - marked various undocumented client commands as deprecated so that they can be removed in a future version - added ability to "move" to a new console via '^Ec;' - suggested by Christopher T. Beers - added a dump of console information when -S is used twice - suggested by Todd Stansell version 8.1.1 (Feb 10, 2004): - fixed mistake in Makefiles where rpmbuild fails - reported by Martin Evans - fixed a couple typos - reported by Matt Selsky version 8.1.0 (Jan 18, 2004): - fixes for HP-UX compilation - patch by Petter Reinholdtsen - fixes for compilation under various operating systems - patch by Albert Chin - added a 'protocol' option for either 'telnet' or 'raw' socket communication - also reflected in -i output - changed the client/server protocol to use 0xff as a command character for sending control commands - similiar to the telnet protocol - improves the ^Ec| interaction - client -E option now disables ssl encryption attempts, useful for broken SSL environents - suggested by Graydon Dodson - bad error message connecting non-ssl client with ssl-required server - reported by Graydon Dodson - added note about pam configuration to conserver.passwd.man - suggested by Erik Sjolund - improved telnet protocol option handling such that connections to standard telnet ports should work properly version 8.0.9 (Dec 10, 2003): - fixed major bug in connect() handling which causes most socket-based consoles to timeout after 10 seconds - reported by Tom Rataski - added a couple details to the 'logfilemax' manpage entry version 8.0.8 (Dec 2, 2003): - added client ^Ec| sequence for running a command on the client and having it's I/O directed to the console - inspired by discussions with David Williamson years ago ;-) - touched up Makefiles to test against .h files - fixed inability to replay the console log while the console is down - reported by Matt Selsky - added a console 'logfilemax' option for rotating the console logfile once the file is greater than the specified size - added sample configuration files to conserver.cf/samples - tweaked some failure messages and initcmd notifications version 8.0.7 (Nov 20, 2003): - renamed util.[ch] to cutil.[ch] to prevent name conflict with system util.h, reordered some #includes, and fixed a configure test for sys/proc.h to build on OpenBSD 3.4 (and probably others) - reported by Kurt Raschke - fixed missing semi-colon for cygwin build - reported by Raymond Richmond version 8.0.6 (Nov 16, 2003): - code was missing regarding the 'setproctitle' option - patch by Dmitry Morozovsky - fixed the order of access list checking when --with-trustrevdns is used - fixed various spelling errors - patches by Matt Selsky - added console 'idletimeout' and 'idlestring' options to trigger the sending of 'idlestring' after a lack of activity for 'idletimeout' seconds - suggested by Ian Potts - added console 'portbase' and 'portinc' options to allow specifying a formula for referencing ports - inspired by Todd Stansell - fixed problem where console 'port' option didn't take port names (manpage said it did) - added server -U option and configuration option 'unifiedlog' to allow a copy of all console activity to go to a single file - removed all sprintf() calls - added 'devicesubst' and 'execsubst' console options for doing replacements with calculated port numbers on the 'device' and 'exec' values - NULL characters in console data caused data loss because of strlen() usage - reported by Toby Gerhart - fixed a couple errors in contrib/redhat-rpm/conserver.spec - reported by Martin Evans - added capability to use '!' in user access lists to prevent a user from having access - suggested by Matt Selsky version 8.0.5 (Oct 31, 2003): - added 'loghostnames' config option (default is on) to log client hostnames instead of ip addresses (like pre-8.0.0) - suggested by Han Pilmeyer - fixed bug where 'daemonmode' config file option wasn't being used - fixed potential logfile (-L) opening problem processing SIGHUP - fixed various potential conserver.cf issues with 'config' block values processing SIGHUP - added 'setproctitle' config option (default is off) to enable changing the process title to contain runtime information - patch by Dmitry Morozovsky version 8.0.4 (Oct 10, 2003): - fixed client rejection bug that can nearly never happen - reported by Han Pilmeyer - fixed bug where client is reconnected to the previous console when non-exact console names are used - reported by Rolf Petter Halle - fixed bug where exact matchs on a remote console name never happened - reported by Toby Gerhart - fixed bug where SIGHUP fails to update console aliases - reported by Han Pilmeyer version 8.0.3 (Oct 6, 2003): - the SIGHUP process fails to pick up changes to certain fields because of a horribly broken SwapStr() function [broken in all previous 8.0.x versions] - reported by Toby Gerhart version 8.0.2 (Oct 5, 2003): - reworked the i/o calls to better buffer data - added console 'motd' option for holding a "message of the day", displayed to the client on attachment to console - suggested by Toby Gerhart - added ^Ecm client command for displaying MOTD and integrated it into the client console attachment sequence - now unallocate client lists when forking new child conserver processes - changed strdup() to local StrDup() so dmalloc can gracefully track changes - added a ^Ec; sequence to let client signal server when it's ready to see console data, otherwise a chatty console can cause the login sequence to fail and you can never attach to the console version 8.0.1 (Sep 29, 2003): - fixed bug in access list parsing where multiple addresses per line can cause errors - reported by Jay McCanta - changed client password prompt to show hostname passed down by the server - suggested by Toby Gerhart - fixed bug where remote console names were only search for substring matches - reported by Toby Gerhart - the server -M option wasn't being used properly to limit the consoles managed by the host - added 'initcmd' console option which allows a command to interact with a console right after a console is opened - suggested by Greg Woods - added the chat program contributed by Greg Woods to the contrib/chat directory - added WUNTRACED to waitpid() for catching suspended processes - reworded some client/server messages to be clearer - embedded non-printable characters in break lists now display correctly when '^Ecl?' is used - in case client aborts unexpectedly, terminal state should now be restored to normal version 8.0.0 (Sep 22, 2003): - better error messages and management of the user's password - 8.0.0-beta4 mistakenly lost conserver.passwd usage - empty passwords now don't trigger a passwd prompt (like 7.2.7) - upgraded to autoconf-2.57 and use recent config.guess/sub files - suggested by Jorgen Hagg - we now install the conserver.rc file as well as sample conserver.cf and conserver.passwd files in $(prefix)/share/examples/conserver - suggested by Hubert Feyrer version 8.0.0-beta4 (Aug 24, 2003): - totally rewrote the client/server communication, allowing SSL connections to occur first, protecting *all* information - added 'admin' keyword to the 'access' portion of the config file for specifying users able to issue the 'quit' command - removed client -G option since it's not really useful any more - added client -t option for sending "text messages" to users, which is similar to broadcast messages, but you can specify the user and/or console - suggested by Trevor Fiatal - added client -d option for disconnecting users specified by username and/or console - suggested by Trevor Fiatal - removed --with-64bit configure option as 64bit operation is reported to work just fine - break strings with '\d' are interpreted as a delay, which can be specified in the config file (default 250ms) - removed 'reset -x' portion of default break sequence #3 - remote conserver hostnames now properly match - had to be a character string match previously - hostname aliases now checked against access lists and the matched name is used for logging - added --with-trustrevdns to enable the use of reverse DNS information for access list checks [not recommended] - see the INSTALL file for full details on who should actually need this Many thanks to Chuck Rouzer for all the help with FreeBSD support and the following issues... - fixed 'make test' problem on hosts where 'localhost' doesn't resolve to 127.0.0.1 - fixed interface probe problem under *BSD - added openpty() interface for pty allocation version 8.0.0-beta3 (Aug 8, 2003): - master process no longer forks on client requests - handles them with select() like child process - alarm()/SIGALRM usage removed and replaced with counters and timer on select() call - removed caching of timeouts to terminal servers - each socket connection now has a proper timeout (and can happen simultaniously) - partial write()s are properly buffered and retried - made all sockets (including SSL) non-buffered - client now supports piping data to it and properly printing all server data ("echo '^Ecr^Ec.' | console universe") version 8.0.0-beta2 (Jul 17, 2003): - console aliases added with 'aliases' console keyword - two stop bit support for serial devices - requested by Kelly Setzer - added support for inet_aton() over inet_addr() - all server interfaces now used to identify console management - server interfaces probed with SIOCGIFCONF ioctl, if available - added flow control options 'ixon', 'ixany', 'ixoff', and 'crtscts' - added info to console client -i output - man pages updated, however the wording needs work version 8.0.0-beta1 (Jul 4, 2003): - ***NOTICE*** the format of conserver.cf and conserver.passwd has completely changed. see the INSTALL file for upgrade instructions (it should be "fairly painless"). some documentation has been updated to reflect the new world, some hasn't - my goal for beta2 is to have all the docs updated - many command-line options now also conserver.cf options options - POSIX termios interface now required for compilation - some POSIX requirements were already in the code and others will undoubtedly creep in as time goes by - configure --with-regex option removed because of conserver.cf and conserver.passwd changes - added -S option to server for syntax checking of the configuration file - suggested by Dave Stuit - authorized users now either have r/w or r/o access to consoles - getpassword.o replaces getpass() and getpassphrase() so we can get any string length - fixed rm commands in test script - patch by Petter Reinholdtsen version 7.2.7 (Apr 9, 2003): - added test suite ('make test') for basic client/server communication tests - changed configure script to provide better checking of options, hp-ux specifics, and functions - console names are no longer case-sensitive - fixed case-sensitive DNS name comparisons - reported by Peter Chubb via Jorgen Hagg - added dmalloc and openssl version numbers to -V output - reordered includes for openssl-0.9.7a compatibility - conserver.rc looks at pidfile to find the master pid - suggested by Petter Reinholdtsen - misplaced code regarding --with-regex - patch by Andreas Wrede - added password support for HP-UX trusted systems - immense help by Greg Brown - potential SIGUSR1 bug where cached terminal server availability wasn't being cleared correctly - reported by Dave Stuit - server is now more forgiving about errors instead of just giving up and shutting everything down - consoles that have trouble coming up (and are forced down) now log when they come back up - suggested by Dave Stuit version 7.2.6 (Mar 10, 2003): - the -b conserver option was mostly broken (since 7.2.0) - changed logging format so that all messages are of a similar form - fixed bad port number in 'cached previous timeout' message - reported by Dave Stuit - now using pid_t type for better compatibility - fixed the RPM and Solaris package to include the man page for conserver.passwd - suggested by R P Herrold - added restart option (-HUP) to conserver startup scripts - added -B option to client for sending messages to a single server - suggested by Dave Stuit - added --with-dmalloc for memory usage debugging - bug with multiple interfaces and -M option not maching hostname in configuration file - patch by Igor Sviridov - memory leak using openssl library plugged - automatic reinitialization of failed consoles now retries every minute like the manpage says it does - reported by Chris Fowler - when -R option is used, substring matches on console names from clients only match local console names (and if that fails just remote console names) but ambiguous name list returns both local and remote consoles - suggested by Todd Stansell version 7.2.5 (Jan 27, 2003): - fixed many documentation bugs - reported by Dave Stuit - added -I option to client which operates like -i, but on the primary conserver only - suggested by Dave Stuit - added SIGUSR2, which does not reread the configuration file, but does everything else SIGHUP does - suggested at LISA 2002 - fixed bug where LOGDIR setting gets used even if no logfile is wanted - added -R option to server to prevent client redirection to other conserver hosts - suggested by Todd Stansell version 7.2.4 (Oct 14, 2002): - added --with-openssl for some client/server encryption - added -E option to client and server to allow for non-encrypted connections (encryption is the default if compiled in) - added -c option so credentials (certificate and key) can be exchanged between client and server - expanded -V output to show what optional bits actually got compiled into the code (libwrap, regex, etc) - compilation errors on non-shadow file systems without using --with-pam - reported by Jesper Frank Nemholt - client now prefers $LOGNAME, then $USER, then the current uid for its -l default - suggested by Dave Stuit - putting back socklen_t usage - it's the right thing to do, so tell me where it breaks things - configure options --with-cffile and --with-pwdfile now recognize fully-qualified pathnames - suggested by Kjell Andresen version 7.2.3 (Sep 23, 2002): - checking for duplicate console names got lost in the major 7.2.0 rewrite of that code. it's back now, with a couple of other edge-case fixes i noticed while scanning the code - reported by Dave Stuit - added --with-pam and PAM authentication support - suggested by Stu May - added -F server option to prevent automatic reinitialization of failed consoles ('|' syntax consoles which exit with a zero status are still reinitialized) - requested by William P LePera and Malcolm Gibbs - successful automatic reinitialization of consoles now attaches a client that wants read-write mode - added read-only client wish to become read-write in -i output - moved to autoconf-2.54 and fixed some small configure.in bugs Many thanks to John R. Jackson for the following fixes, cleanups, and enhancements... - "lost timestamps" bug (SIGALRM/sleep()/usleep()/tcp_wrapper interaction) - compiler warnings, bad fileOpenFD tests, and ability to use a colon after an equal in the config file (LOGDIR=C:\Logs) - autologin fix for Solaris BSM support version 7.2.2 (Jun 05, 2002): - added 'n' as token for no-parity - patch by Greg A. Woods - extra timestamps occur when consoles come back up after being down longer than their timestamp period - reported by Dave Stuit - AIX 5.1 pseudo-terminal support broken - patch by William P LePera - PID file overwritten and not unlinked on exit - reported by William P LePera - signals cleaned up in master, child, and sub-proc sections - SIGPIPE now ignored - reported by Greg A. Woods version 7.2.1 (Mar 25, 2002): - bug regarding timestamp/break reading - patch by Benn Oshrin - console names in conserver.passwd can be regular expressions if enabled using --with-regex - based on code from Vladislav Patenko - breaks recorded to console logs if 'b' option used in timestamp-spec - suggested by Dave Stuit version 7.2.0 (Mar 12, 2002): - check for valid baud rates (invalid resulted in '0') - reported by Andrew Gallatin - a broadcast messages to others on your console can now be sent via ^Ecb version 7.2.0-beta3 (Feb 25, 2002): - allow for 57600 and 115200 baud rates - patch by Andreas Wrede - TCP traffic now escaped according to Telnet protocol - the highly desired dynamic reconfiguration of conserver is here! the HUP signal now triggers a read of the configuration file and adjustment of consoles - configure flags shown in -V output version 7.2.0-beta2 (Feb 14, 2002): - new -W client option for showing who's attached to a single conserver master - suggested by Dave Stuit - maxfiles() clashes with HP-UX 11 'maxfiles' variable - patch by Adam Morris - removed use of socklen_t type for better compatibility - removed TELCMD/TELOPT use for compatibility version 7.2.0-beta1 (Jan 29, 2002): - static structures and strings are now dynamic in server - MAXGRP (--with-maxgrp) has been removed as it's now dynamic - new -m server option for setting the maximum consoles per process - the default is still set with --with-maxmemb - new -i client option (and ^Eci) that displays console information in a machine-parseable format - two debug levels (second level by using two -D options) - ANSI prototypes and definitions (when available) version 7.1.4 (Jan 21, 2002): - console -[PqQ] didn't work - patch by Han Pilmeyer - maxfiles() didn't check FD_SETSIZE - patch by Justin Grudzien - New -o and -O server flags for automatically reconnecting downed consoles - patch by Benn Oshrin - Automatic reconnection of consoles on read failures, retried every minute - Up to nine break sequences can be defined in the configuration file and assigned to consoles individually, accessed via new ^ecl[?0-9] escape sequences - console logs are marked with "up" and "down" timestamps The following based on code by John R. Jackson - sequential timestamps merged into one range during playback - timestamps done on "nice" boundaries (hour, minute, etc.) - lots of code cleanup, optimizations, etc. version 7.1.3 (Oct 16, 2001): - NetBSD 1.5 termios bug/compatibility - patch by Andreas Wrede - Missing quotes broke ^ecl1 code - reported by William Charles - Alternate break code didn't exist for local ports version 7.1.2 (Oct 15, 2001): - fixed line-based timestamp code - reported by Benn Oshrin - tcp_wrappers support (--with-libwrap) - CLOCAL bit set for local ports - patch by Egan Ford - timestamp added to 'lost carrier' error - suggested by Todd Stansell - Alternate break sequence for Solaris 8 is available as ^ecl2 escape sequence - patch by William Charles The following suggested by Trevor Fiatal - Widened username field of 'console -w' output - Added server hostname to password entry prompt - AC_CHECK_LIB replaced with AC_SEARCH_LIBS in configure.in so that irrelevant (and sometimes incompatible) libraries aren't linked in version 7.1.1 (Aug 4, 2001): - Now using getlogin() for real username info - suggested by Dave Stuit - gethostbyname() failure for a console now doesn't cause a shutdown - reported by Todd Stansell - Shutdown via client -q/-Q fixed (broken in 7.1.0 because of master process fork() code) - Password file parsing fixed to allow for empty passwords - allowing users to access conserver without a password prompt - Both the password and configuration files no longer have line length limitations, they now support comments (`#' lines), and lines with leading whitespace are continuations of previous lines - Client hostname/ip sometimes not printed - reported by Todd Stansell version 7.1.0 (Jul 26, 2001): - Hostname in access list that began with a digit was treated as an IP address - only strings using [0-9./] are considered CIDR notation and they must be of the form a.b.c.d[/n] - Fixed SIGHUP always opening logfile(-L) - shouldn't without -d - Fixed 'make install' problem under MacOS X and cygwin - Client -l option totally broken in 7.0.3 - patch by Daniel E. Singer - Client now accepts IP addresses from server and server now sends the IP of the socket instead of its hostname to the client, fixing part of the multi-interface problem - Client no longer passes hostname to server along with username - Client now turns off IEXTEN so stuff like ^V passes through - Server now pauses one second when reopening a TCP-based console to give the terminal server a chance to clean up - Master server process now fork()s when accepting clients - timestamp-spec can be numeric only ('m' default) - Ambiguous console name error now shows ambiguous list - Console list in conserver.passwd can now have whitespace - Access lists in conserver.cf can now use ',' as a separator - Added special '*any*' username in conserver.passwd - Username match (real or '*any*') now stops conserver.passwd file processing - allowing you to lock out users - Added -u flag to server to enable "unloved" output - this is the opposite of the old -n flag, which now does nothing - Added -7 flag to client and server for stripping the high bit of data on either side (--disable-8bit removed) - Added -b to server to specify the base port number for the secondary communication channel - based on code from Enrik Berkhan - Changed -d and -D flags to -r and -R in client - now -D enables debugging mode in the client (and -d is unused) - Changed -r to -G in client so -r could be used for the above - Client now uses getpassphrase() (if available) for > 8 char passwords - pointed out by Gregory Bond - Improved signal handling - Improved process handling (POSIX waitpid() now necessary) - Significant rework of STREAMS-based pseudo-tty code - TCP connections ('!' config syntax) now have some Telnet protocol knowledge, removing the "noise" seen when connecting to a terminal server - reported by Todd Stansell - Various code and message "pretty-printing" done - Client and server both run in Windows (tested with Windows 2000) under the cygwin environment thanks to a debug-fest with Emmett Hogan - Using autoconf version 2.50 - Man pages reworked and conserver.passwd page created by Dave Stuit - the pain he suffered documenting the program (and pointing out many of the bugs fixed above) should help endless others version 7.0.3 (Jul 5, 2001): - "Off by 1" bug in 7.0.2 line-oriented timestamp code fixed (extra chars in logfile) reported by Matthew Cheek - TODO file added to distribution - 'attached', 'detached', and 'bumped' actions now written to console logs that have 'a' in timestamp-spec field - Default timestamp specification with TIMESTAMP= in .cf file - Config file much more forgiving about whitespace in fields - gethostbyaddr() failures are no longer fatal - Added -M to server to specify the address to listen on based on code from Enrik Berkhan - Added -p option to client and server to specify the port to connect to and listen on (--with-port still sets the default) - Added logfile output when going into daemon mode - Added --with-logfile to configure - Added -L to override compile-time logfile location - SIGHUP reopens this logfile as well as previous behavior - Run as root only restriction removed - warning now (if necessary) - More #defines for FreeBSD compatibility - Using inet_ntoa() now instead of peeking at bytes - Fixed up -V (and -Vv) output for client and server - Increased conserver.passwd read buffer (CheckPasswd()) - Removed DO_VIRTUAL #if's - always build that code now - Removed ORIGINAL_CODE #if's (old non-CIDR access list parsing) - Changed undocumented -p option to -P in console client - man pages updated to reflect a little more reality version 7.0.2 (Jun 15, 2001): - Bogus "ambiguous server abbreviation" with distributed server setup fixed - Hostname not passed with username from console client - Fixed pseudo-terminal ('|' syntax in .cf file) bug with Solaris and other STREAMS-based systems (actually works now in 7.X) - Line-oriented timestamps in logfiles (see 'l' mark specification) based on patch from Benn Oshrin - Generalized debugging output, info messages and error messages - Moved library search up in configure.in so function calls are detected properly - Permissions of install-sh were wrong - Trimmed the README file and now distribute conserver.html - Redhat RPM bundle (contrib/redhat-rpm) contributed by Paul Heinlein - Cleaned up gcc warnings (for Solaris 7, at least) - Makefiles now use .c.o: specification instead of %.o: version 7.0.1 (May 3, 2001): - 8bit on by default now (use --disable-8bit for old behavior) - FreeBSD patches by Bill Fenner (hopefully *BSD systems will compile cleaner now) - Bad error reporting on getsockopt() found by Bill Fenner - PID file patch by Martin Andrews version 7.0.0 (Feb 18, 2001): - GNU configure-based packaging!!! All work done by Mark D. Roth . Thank you! - Removed conserver/cons.h and moved options into --with and --enable configure arguments - ioctl() bug found by Ross Parker - Removed last of the "loopback preference" code in console/console.c - should have been removed a long time ago version 6.1.7 (Dec 14, 2000): - Documented no parity option in conserver.cf.man - Lowered default CONNECTTIMEOUT to 10 seconds - Changed more internal references to GNAC - Shell command support just plain broken (tracked down and slain by Rob Joyce ) - Added a -P option for specifying the password file - CPARITY setting reflected in -V output - New version numbering scheme and packaging version 6.16 (Sep 8, 2000): - Changed the main GNAC references to Certainty Solutions - Made the comment blocks in conserver/cons.h a little less confusing - There are *NO* code changes to this version. If you have version 6.15, you're good to go. version 6.15 (Mar 6, 2000): - Added debug flag (-D) and the beginning of debug output - A timeout can now be set for TCP connect() calls. The default is 30 seconds. Hosts not responding are only tried once at startup (per child), lessening the impact of a down terminal server. See CONNECTTIMEOUT in conserver/cons.h. version 6.14 (Jan 5, 2000): - Determining if the local conserver controls a port (with @conserver spec) we now compare ip addresses instead of hostnames - Invalid argument now shows -h output version 6.13 (Dec 1, 1999): - High-bit always stripped from network - now follows CPARITY setting in cons.h (found by Daniel Andersson ) - New conserver -i flag for on-demand connects/disconnects to console ports (contributed by Thomas E. Knowles ) - Solaris, Linux, and others now use tcsendbreak() version 6.12 (Aug 24, 1999): - Blank line bug after '%%' in .cf file (found by Miss Himali Patel ) Special thanks to Michael Sullivan for the following improvements and fixes... - Read result bug in group.c caused lock up - Signal handling fixes and cleanup - Several minor spelling errors in strings and comments - Solaris package creation scripts (contrib/solaris-package) - Extended syntax of the access restrictions to understand network numbers with optional netmasks version 6.11 (May 14, 1999): - Added broadcast capability in client (-b option) - Protected certain escape sequences from end-user use - Added "console server shutting down" broadcast - Improved local tty break code (thanks Craig and Brian!) version 6.10 (Jan 26, 1999): - Documentation fixes - Web page up and running version 6.09: - Added more documentation (look for README and INSTALL files). - Fixed up man pages so they are more accurate. version 6.08: - Added support for Linux 2.X and IRIX 6.X - Fixed "suspend" code in client - it shouldn't have worked before, but slow connections could explain it. version 6.07: - Porting infrastructure has been set up in ./port. Solaris 2.5.1 and BSD/OS 3.1 successfully built. - Added CHANGES and README files. Wow, starting to document! version 6.06: - SIGUSR1 now tells the console server to try and reopen all currently downed consoles. - Cleaned up configuration file (cons.h) and Makefiles. version 6.05: - conserver.cf change: groups and their passwords have been removed and timestamp specifications have been added. before version 6.05: - Many, many variations. Nothing was tracked well. Bug fixes and enhancements of various types were applied. # # $Id: CHANGES,v 1.251 2015/06/02 17:33:29 bryan Exp $ #