- added --with-trust-uds-cred which uses getsockopt() to fetch and
trust the client uid, bypassing password lookups - patch by Anton
Lundin <glance@acc.umu.se>
- missing closedir() causing memory leak - patch by Anton Lundin
<glance@acc.umu.se>
- sending a break signal over IPMI was broken - based on patch by
Alexander Y. Fomichev <git.user@gmail.com>
- 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 <milos.vyletel@gmail.com>
- 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 <mouse@yandex-team.ru>
- 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 <chris@marget.com>
- "!" syntax prefixing use of group names not honored - reported by
Zonker <consoleteam@gmail.com>
- fixed memory leak using timestamps - patch by Karvendhan M.
<Karvendhan.M@netapp.com>
- 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
<linux@rkirkpat.net>
- added 'sslcacertificatefile' and 'sslcacertificatepath' client
configuration options - based on patch by Aki Tuomi <cmouse@cmouse.fi>
- 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
<tls@coyotepoint.com>
- 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
<glance@acc.umu.se> 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 <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com>
- spec file improvements in contrib/redhat-rpm - patch by Jodok Ole
Muellers <jodok.muellers@aschendorff.de>
- GSS-API patch for client code - patch by Andras Horvath
<Andras.Horvath@cern.ch>
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
<cross+conserver@distal.com>
- first person to connect to a console wanting read/write now gets it
once the active user drops read/write - suggested by Thomas Gardner
<tmg@pobox.com>
- fix typo when setting nonblocking socket for client connections,
fixing stall issues - patch by Eric Biederman
<ebiederm@aristanetworks.com>
- GSS-API patch (--with-gssapi) to help with Kerberos tokens - patch by
Nate Straz <nstraz@redhat.com>
- authenticate username without @REALM when using GSS-API
(--with-striprealm) - based on patch by Andras Horvath
<Andras.Horvath@cern.ch>
- various contrib/redhat-rpm fixes - patch by Fabien Wernli
<wernli@in2p3.fr>
- fix handling of read(stdin) returning -1 in console client - patch by
Ed Swierk <eswierk@arastra.com>
patch-ac has been included upstream.
version 8.1.16 (Apr 10, 2007):
- added 'replstring' substitution option - inspired by
conversation with Owen DeLong <owen@c2company.com>
- added '^Ecn' option for writing a note to the logfile - patch
by Bryan Schmersal <bschmer@yahoo.com>
- fixed leaking file descriptors when 'host' and 'uds' consoles
fail to connect - based on patch by Michael Heironimus
<michael_heironimus@archwayconcepts.com>
version 8.1.15 (Dec 31, 2006):
- protection again telnet option negotation loops - patch by
Robby Griffin <rmg@yakshavers.com>
- 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
<mwj@doc.ic.ac.uk>
- added master conserver host to 'console -x' output for
'device' consoles - patch by Matt Johnson <mwj@doc.ic.ac.uk>
- fixed parsing error when dealing with encapsulated
client/server options
Approved by maintainer.
Changes since last packaged version (8.1.11):
version 8.1.14 (Apr 9, 2006):
- fixed rpm conserver.spec file - based on patch by Martin Evans
<m.d.t.evans@qmul.ac.uk>
- added 'uds' console type for unix domain socket connections -
based on patch by DJ Gregor <dj@gregor.com>
- probing of interfaces under cygwin (and possibly others?) now
skips unconfigured interfaces (even if flagged as up!) -
reported by Chris Riddoch <chrisr@digeo.com>
- added the '!login' console option to prevent clients from
connecting to a console - suggested by Greg Tillman
<gregtillman@comcast.net>
- added a 'noop' console type for consoles you'd like to name,
but have no connection to - suggested by Greg Tillman
<gregtillman@comcast.net>
- 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 <pvalchev@openbsd.org>
- 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
<Mark.Wedel@sun.com>
- 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 <ajc22@york.ac.uk>
version 8.1.13 (Jan 15, 2006):
- use SIOCGIFNUM for interface count (if available) and catch
EINVAL on Solaris - patch by Peter Jeremy
<peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
- console output now resets idle timer - suggested by Peter
Saunders <pajs@fodder.org.uk>
- bug fix for conserver process running out of control and using
up cpu - debugged with Alexandra N. Kossovsky
<Alexandra.Kossovsky@oktetlabs.ru>
version 8.1.12 (Sep 5, 2005):
- printf() fix for autologin - patch by Menno Duursma
<druiloor@zonnet.nl>
- 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
<emcclure@internap.com>
- convert program now installed in $libdir/conserver - patch by
Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
- we now ignore SIGXFSZ, if it exists
- added 'limited' access option to remove certain functionality
from users - suggested by Sven Michels <sven@darkman.de>
- added client option -z/-Z for sending commands to servers
(reload, quit, etc) - based on suggestion by Joshua Pincus
<Joshua.Pincus@Sun.COM>
- added 'execrunas' and 'initrunas' console options to allow
'exec' and 'initcmd' execution as another user and/or group -
based on patch by Gary Mills <mills@cc.umanitoba.ca>
- the east coast mirror had to shut down (for now, at least)
- crash from bad pointer manipulation during log replay - reported by
Ryan Kirkpatrick <linux@rkirkpat.net>
a) the four predefined break strings
b) the fact that \z is translated to the telnet "send break" protocol sequence
I've tried to send this patch upstream, but have yet to receive a response.
Bump package revision.
Version 8 of Conserver as a separate package as the config file
format of version 8 is incompatible with prior versions.
Conserver is an application that allows multiple users to watch a
serial console at the same time. It can log the data, allows users
to take write-access of a console (one at a time), and has a variety
of bells and whistles to accentuate that basic functionality.
The idea is that conserver will log all your serial traffic so you
can go back and review why something crashed, look at changes (if
done on the console), or tie the console logs into a monitoring
system (just watch the logfiles it creates).
With multi-user capabilities you can work on equipment with others,
mentor, train, etc.
It also does all that client-server stuff so that, assuming you
have a network connection, you can interact with any of the equipment
from home or wherever
