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1 gordonr 1.11 SME Server 7.0
2     ==============
3 gordonr 1.12 July 1, 2006
4    
5     The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME
6     Server 7.0 This release has many new features and fixes for previously
7     reported issues.
8    
9     All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.
10    
11    
12     About SME Server
13     ================
14    
15     SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
16     enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
17     ( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
18     provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
19    
20     SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
21     and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
22     However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
23     meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
24    
25     As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
26     development.
27    
28     Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
29    
30    
31     Installation
32     ============
33    
34     - Simple single CD install
35    
36     - The installation procedure will rewrite all disks in the system
37    
38     - Automatic detection of multi-CPU and HyperThreading CPUs
39    
40     - In order to install on i586 machines you will need to do the following:
41    
42     1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu
43     2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt
44    
45     Many installation issues are caused by the following issues:
46    
47     - Incorrectly burnt CD:
48     Please use the "Media Check" to test your media. This screen is
49     presented at the start of the installation
50    
51     - Faulty memory
52     1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu
53     2) Type "memtest86" at the boot prompt
54    
55     - Unsupported or faulty hardware
56     - Check the memory and CD
57     - Use good quality cables and an error-free CDROM drive
58     - Ensure master/slave configuration is correct, if appropriate
59     - Disable onboard RAID controllers
60     - Disable power saving and ACPI features in the BIOS
61    
62     Automated RAID installation
63     ===========================
64    
65     NOTE: All disks must be the same size for SME Server 7.0
66    
67     - Single disk provides one-way RAID1
68     - Console screen allows simple addition of second disk to provide mirroring
69    
70     - Two disks are configured as a RAID1 mirror
71    
72     - Three to five disks are configured as RAID5 (/boot partition is RAID1)
73    
74     - Six or more disks are configured as RAID6 (/boot partition is RAID1)
75    
76    
77     Upgrades
78     ========
79    
80     - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
81    
82     - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
83    
84     - Seamless upgrades from unmodified SME Server 6.0, 6.0.1 and 6.5 servers
85    
86     - Many common contributed add-ons have been included in the satndard dis
87    
88     Email
89     =====
90    
91     - Virus scanning
92    
93     - Executable attachment blocking
94    
95     - Spam filtering
96     - Automatic tagging with X-Spam-Status header
97     - Optional sorting to 'junkmail' mailbox
98     - Selectable tagging levels
99     - Optional rejection of spam during SMTP transaction
100     - Full user/domain recipient filtering
101    
102     - Attachment conversion from TNEF to MIME
103    
104     - Pseudonyms panel enhancements
105     - Ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different
106     places
107     - Can enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms
108    
109     - Secure POP, IMAP and SMTP
110    
111     - SMTP authentication for users and for ISP connection
112    
113     - Horde/IMP3 based webmail
114    
115     General features
116     ================
117    
118     - Based on CentOS 4.3
119    
120     - Software installer panel
121    
122     - Yum based software installation
123    
124     - Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled
125 gordonr 1.11
126    
127    
128     Changelog
129     =========
130    
131     7.0rc3 -> 7.0
132     =============
133 gordonr 1.12 - Release number change
134 gordonr 1.11
135 gordonr 1.12 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
136     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
137 gordonr 1.2
138 gordonr 1.1 ****************************************************************
139     * IMPORTANT: Pre-upgrade step for 7.0pre1 and 7.0beta releases *
140     ****************************************************************
141 gordonr 1.5 Before upgrading to 7.0 from 7.0pre1 or any of the 7.0beta
142     releases, you must run the following command:
143 gordonr 1.1
144     kudzu -q
145    
146     If you do not do this _prior_ to the upgrade, your system may
147     not boot. If this happens, please see the workaround here:
148    
149     http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698
150     ***************************************************************
151    
152 gordonr 1.12 7.0rc2 -> 7.0rc3
153     ================
154 gordonr 1.10 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
155     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
156    
157 gordonr 1.6 7.0rc1 -> 7.0rc2
158     ================
159     - Update to CentOS 4.3 base
160 gordonr 1.8 - Installer built with i686 kernel. In order to install on i586
161 slords 1.7 machines you will need to do the following:
162    
163     1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu.
164 gordonr 1.8 2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt.
165    
166 gordonr 1.9 - New system consistency audit scripts installed in /sbin/e-smith/audittools/
167 gordonr 1.6
168     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
169     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
170    
171 gordonr 1.5 7.0pre4 -> 7.0rc1
172     ==================
173     - Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates
174    
175     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
176     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
177    
178 gordonr 1.4 7.0pre3 -> 7.0pre4
179     ==================
180 gordonr 1.3 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
181     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
182    
183 gordonr 1.1 7.0pre2 -> 7.0pre3
184     ===================
185     - The pre2 image wouldn't boot on some machines (bug 733)
186    
187     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
188     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
189    
190     7.0pre1 -> 7.0pre2
191     ===================
192     - Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates
193    
194     - Reconfiguration reboot now requested after Software Installer
195     updates
196    
197     - Simple yum wrapper added to remind people to reconfigure after
198     using yum
199    
200     - Completion of change to contribs.org styling
201    
202     - Updated French translation - thanks Franck Pierre
203    
204     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
205     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
206    
207     7.0beta9 -> 7.0pre1
208     ===================
209     - Test Internet Access now accesses contribs.org and only passes two
210     pieces of information - the version installed on your server and
211     a string used to differentiate your server from others using this
212     test. This string is generated by a one-way hash function and access
213     to the string does not provide any information about your server.
214    
215     We appreciate your assistance in sending this information so we can
216     gain an accurate count of the installed servers.
217    
218     - Server manager changed to use contribs.org branding. CSS files still
219     need to be updated.
220    
221     - Usernames of the form first.last and first_last are now allowed.
222    
223     - The maximum length of user and group names has increased from twelve to 31.
224    
225     - Reconfiguration reboot added to "Shutdown and Reboot" panel
226     (added in Beta9). This performs a "post-upgrade" and a "reboot" and
227     should be used after system and yum upgrades.
228    
229     - Automated conversion to RAID on upgrade feature removed.
230    
231     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
232     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
233    
234     7.0beta8 -> 7.0beta9
235     ====================
236     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
237     See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
238    
239     7.0beta7 -> 7.0beta8
240     ====================
241     - Rebuild ipsvd package on CentOS 4.x
242     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1226207&group_id=96750&atid=615772
243    
244     7.0beta6 -> 7.0beta7
245     ====================
246     - Reconfigure option added to Shutdown/reboot page
247     - Correct versions of kernel slip and ppp modules included
248     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
249     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
250    
251     7.0beta5 -> 7.0beta6
252     ====================
253     - Base updated from CentOS 4.1 to CentOS 4.2
254     - Included kernel-module-slip to support dialup with diald
255     - Gathered all L10Ns other than en-us into the smeserver-locale package
256     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
257     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
258    
259     7.0beta4 -> 7.0beta5
260     ====================
261     - German translations - Thanks Dietmar Berteld
262     - Italian translations - Thanks Filippo Carletti
263     - French translation fixups - Thanks again to Didier Rambeau
264     - Anaconda/installer translations are still to be added to some screens
265     - Enhanced control for Webmail access - Thanks Michael Weinberger
266     - Added the ability to set Corporate DNS Servers and specify domains
267     to be resolved via the Corporate DNS Servers, Internet DNS Servers
268     or locally - Thanks Gordon Rowell
269     - RAID conversion on upgrade re-added after installer changes (see Alpha24)
270     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
271     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
272    
273     7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta4
274     ====================
275     - Enhanced options for POP and IMAP access - Thanks Michael Weinberger
276     - French translations of new panels - Thanks Didier Rambeau
277     - MySQL database restore fixes - Thanks Paul Floor
278     - Various library bug fixes - Thanks Michiel Blotwijk
279     - PHP register_globals disabled - Thanks John Bennett
280     - Server-manager settings for ISP SMTP Authentication - Thanks Gordon Rowell
281     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
282     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
283    
284     7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta3
285     ====================
286     - Bug fixes - not released
287    
288     7.0beta1 -> 7.0beta2
289     ====================
290     - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:
291     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
292     - Many thanks to all of our testers and bug reporters
293    
294     7.0alpha26 -> 7.0beta1
295     ======================
296     - Use anaconda upgrade detection
297     - Boot straight into anaconda
298     - Remove KickStart configuration files (no longer used)
299     - Hide many installer screens
300     - Clean up RPM dependencies and package lineage
301     - Removed some unused packages from CD image
302     - Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:
303     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
304    
305     7.0alpha25 -> 7.0alpha26
306     ========================
307     - Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:
308     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
309    
310     7.0alpha24 -> 7.0alpha25
311     ========================
312     - Fix anaconda to pick up/smp kernel correctly
313     - Remove cups from installation
314     - Add real appletalk module
315     - Add latest CentOS updates
316     - Fix shadow-utils to allow machines to join domain
317     - Add missing dependencies
318     - Fix bugs (see sourceforge site for any missed above)
319    
320     7.0alpha23 -> 7.0alpha24
321     ========================
322     - Fixed grub installer so it get installed on mbr for raid setups
323     - Removed perl-Mail-SpamAssassin as rhel4 spamassassin contains that
324     - ext2fs, ext3fs and swap partitions are automatically upgraded to
325     degraded (single disk) RAID-1 volumes so that a second disk can
326     be added later - Thanks to Mitel for funding this feature
327     - Rebuild ipsvd to prevent segfaults
328     - Fixed radiusd/pptpd services so VPN now works
329     - Upgraded nut to v2.0
330     - Fixed warnquota permissions
331     - Upgrade packages from el3 to el4 versions
332     - Added few useful services that CentOS 4.1 recommends
333    
334     7.0alpha22 -> 7.0alpha23
335     ========================
336     - Removed webalizer
337     - Added rkhunter
338     - Added i586 packages - openssl, kernel, glibc
339     - Added smeserver-yum
340     - Added smeserver-qpsmtpd-tnef2mime-0.0.2-0.noarch.rpm and dependencies:
341     perl-Convert-TNEF-0.17-3.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm
342     perl-File-MMagic-1.21-1.noarch.rpm
343     perl-IO-stringy-2.108-4.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm
344     perl-MIME-tools-5.411-2.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm
345     - Added centos-release and made e-smith-release depend on it
346     - Removed centos-yumconf
347     - Imported cdrom.image into CVS
348    
349 gordonr 1.12 $Id: README.txt,v 1.11 2006/06/05 10:30:53 gordonr Exp $

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