CHANGES
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version 7.1.3 (Oct 16, 2001):
- NetBSD 1.5 termios bug/compatibility - patch by Andreas Wrede
<aew.conserver@planix.com>
- Missing quotes broke ^ecl1 code - reported by William Charles
<william.charles@db.com>
- 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
<benno@columbia.edu>
- tcp_wrappers support (--with-libwrap)
- CLOCAL bit set for local ports - patch by Egan Ford
<egan@us.ibm.com>
- timestamp added to 'lost carrier' error - suggested by Todd
Stansell <todd@stansell.org>
- Alternate break sequence for Solaris 8 is available as ^ecl2
escape sequence - patch by William Charles
<william.charles@db.com>
The following suggested by Trevor Fiatal <trevor@seven.com>
- 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 irrelavent (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 <djs@gnac.com>
- gethostbyname() failure for a console now doesn't cause a
shutdown - reported by Todd Stansell <todd@stansell.org>
- 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 <todd@stansell.org>
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 <des@cs.duke.edu>
- 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 <Enrik.Berkhan@planb.de>
- 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 <gnb@itga.com.au>
- 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 conneting to a terminal
server - reported by Todd Stansell <todd@stansell.org>
- 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 <hogan@gnac.com>
- Using autoconf version 2.50
- Man pages reworked and conserver.passwd page created by Dave
Stuit <djs@gnac.com> - 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 <cheek@mars-systems.com>
- 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 <Enrik.Berkhan@planb.de>
- 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
<benno@columbia.edu>
- 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 <heinlein@measurecast.com>
- 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 <fenner@research.att.com>
(hopefully *BSD systems will compile cleaner now)
- Bad error reporting on getsockopt() found by Bill Fenner
<fenner@research.att.com>
- PID file patch by Martin Andrews <mandrews@netgenics.com>
version 7.0.0 (Feb 18, 2001):
- GNU configure-based packaging!!!
All work done by Mark D. Roth <roth@feep.net>.
Thank you!
- Removed conserver/cons.h and moved options into --with
and --enable configure arguments
- ioctl() bug found by Ross Parker <parker@redback.com>
- 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 <robjoyce@ee.princeton.edu>)
- 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
<daniel@sto.sema.se>)
- New conserver -i flag for on-demand connects/disconnects
to console ports (contributed by Thomas E. Knowles
<tek@CS.Princeton.EDU>)
- 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 <cpate03@dcs.bbk.ac.uk>)
Special thanks to Michael Sullivan <mike@trdlnk.com> 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.
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