The Cacti Group  cactid

0.8.6e
-bug:#0000470: added -v, --version, -h, --help to command line options to make more GNU friendly
-bug:#0000425: added ability to specify a socket file in *nix environments
-bug: correct issues converting back slashes to forward slashes in arguments
-bug: stop cactid from segfaulting when the database contains orphaned data source records
-bug: re-implemented thread safe operations for non-linux systems
-bug: allow cactid to poll from non-standard snmp port
-bug: optimized some string handling routines
-bug: changed snmp availability check to sysUptime from sysDesc
-bug: limit the number of concurrent threads to 30
-bug: remove legacy cactid.conf file processing code
-bug: add fault detection logic to mysql query calls to prevent segfaults
-bug: cleaned up some unused variables
-bug: add ability to detect errors and gracefully shut down php script_server
-bug: remove trailing blanks and alpha characters from results
-bug: clean up some string handling on script server results
-bug: stop DEADLOCKS by not prematurely releasing mutex locks
-bug: changed licensing to LGPL to accomodate linked libraries such as OpenSSL
-bug: corrected issues where snprintf was taking 1 too many characters
-bug: remove unneccessary Windows MACRO's from net-snmp initialization
-feature: added seteuid functionality for unix and ICMP ping
-feature: restart the script server after a timeout to prevent unexpected results
-feature: only run the php script server if you have script server elements to process
-feature: disable MIB loading to speed the launch of the net-snmp api
-feature: change TREAD_SLEEP duration depending on number of processes to reduce CPU load
-feature: allow the user to specify a script and script server timeout value from the user interface
-feature: added polling for non-host specific data sources
-feature: added data source logging to provide easier problem resolution
-feature: added cmd.php like spike suppression
-feature: added support for experimental multiple poller interval handling

0.8.6d
-bug: increased timers for popen and script server to 20 seconds
-bug: corrected segfault when polling a device with a null community string
-bug: re-included ifdef for mysql thread protection for mysql 3.x

0.8.6c
-bug: fixed integer/float conversion problem.
-bug: increased the default script timeout from 5 to 10 seconds
-bug: changed stdout format to reduce clutter on screen
-bug: removed cygwin workaround that was causing SNMP instability
-bug: increased both BUFSIZE and LOGSIZE to allow for larger output corner cases
-bug: added mutex locking around MySQL calls and eliminated one unlock without a lock
-feature: added connection timeout and retry logic
-feature: added database port option in cactid.conf file.  New parameter is DB_Port
-feature: added some compiler directives for better compatibility with cygwin

0.8.6b
-bug: fixed issue that prevented multi ds item RRDs from updating
-bug: fixed invalid string length calculation that was truncating output over 4 characters
-bug: small log file reformatting
