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SME Server 7.1 |
SME Server 7.3 Release Notes |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME |
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Server 7.1 This release has many new features and fixes for previously |
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reported issues. |
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All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. |
January 1 2008 |
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The packages in 7.1 will be made available as updates for SME Server 7.0 |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised |
The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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in the bug tracker (and only there, please); |
SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages |
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http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
have been updated to the latest releases. |
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Major changes from SME Server 7.0 |
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- The CD no longer boots automatically into the installer |
All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. |
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- The installer now provides many raid and lvm configuration options |
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- The Software Installer has been enhanced to provide better feedback during |
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installs and to deal with large update sets |
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- Local mail delivery is noticeably faster |
Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised |
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in the bug tracker (and only there, please); |
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- The clam filesystem scan now scans /home/e-smith/files by default |
http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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- A list of work included in this release can be found here: |
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http://contribs.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2036 |
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About SME Server |
About SME Server |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. |
enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. |
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( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to |
( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to |
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provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. |
provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. |
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Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. |
Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. |
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Installation |
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The development team would like to thank all of those involved in |
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- Simple single CD install |
this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the |
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current level of support. More people are required to help with |
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- The default installation procedure will rewrite all disks in the system |
bug triage and verification testing. |
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- Automatic detection of multi-CPU and HyperThreading CPUs |
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- In order to install on i586 machines you will need to do the following: |
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- Type "smei586" at the boot prompt |
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- Many installation problems are caused by the following issues: |
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* Incorrectly burnt CD: |
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Please use the "Media Check" to test your media. This screen is |
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presented at the start of the installation |
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* Faulty memory |
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- Type "memtest86" at the boot prompt |
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* Unsupported or faulty hardware |
This release contains many new features, all released updates for |
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- Check the memory and CD media |
SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades |
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- Use good quality cables and an error-free CDROM drive |
will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. |
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- Disable onboard RAID controllers |
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- Disable power saving and ACPI features in the BIOS |
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Automated RAID installation |
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NOTE: All disks must be the same size for SME Server 7 |
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- The default installation provides the following setup: |
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- Single disk provides one-way RAID1 |
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- Console screen allows simple addition of second disk to provide mirroring |
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- Two disks are configured as a RAID1 mirror |
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- Three to five disks are configured as RAID5 (/boot partition is RAID1) |
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- Six or more disks are configured as RAID6 (/boot partition is RAID1) |
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- (bug 2015, 2066) The installer provides options to: |
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- skip software raid |
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- skip logical volume manager |
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- force a raid 1 install on the first two disks detected |
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- attempt to reserve one disk as a spare |
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- (bug 130) A script has been provided for conversion from non-RAID to RAID |
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Upgrades |
Upgrades |
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- An upgrade will preserve the existing data |
- An upgrade will preserve the existing data |
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- Seamless upgrades from unmodified SME Server 6.0, 6.0.1 and 6.5 servers |
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- Many common contributed add-ons have been included in the standard |
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distribution |
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Email |
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- Virus scanning |
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- Executable attachment blocking |
Changes in this release |
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- Spam filtering |
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- Automatic tagging with X-Spam-Status header |
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- Optional sorting to 'junkmail' mailbox |
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- Selectable tagging levels |
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- Optional rejection of spam during SMTP transaction |
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- Full user/domain recipient filtering |
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- Attachment conversion from TNEF to MIME |
Installer Options |
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- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's |
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see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files |
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Other mail system changes |
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- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin |
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- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient |
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addresses |
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- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues |
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- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes |
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Console |
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- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting |
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- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install |
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Backups |
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- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media |
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- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore |
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Localisation |
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- The fr-fr browser language is now supported |
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- Italian translation minor update |
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Software Installer |
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- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror |
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location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors |
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- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months |
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- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver |
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Webmail |
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- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions |
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Server manager |
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- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in |
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serveronly mode |
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- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel |
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- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files |
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- Convert squid timestamp in view log files |
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- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no |
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longer invalidate access to server manager |
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- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip |
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Other fixes and updates |
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- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 |
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- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package |
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- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable |
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- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly |
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- Fixed various log noise issues |
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- Allow root to be key based login only |
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- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size |
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- Freshclam permissions now corrected |
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- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear |
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- Added WPAD feature in DHCP |
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- Fixed various perl issues |
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- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day |
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- Pseudonyms panel enhancements |
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- Ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different |
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places |
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- Can enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms |
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- Secure POP, IMAP and SMTP |
General features |
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- SMTP authentication for users and for ISP connection |
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- Horde/IMP3 based webmail |
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- (bug 1893) Local mail delivery is noticeably faster |
- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates |
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- Local connections are not subject to spam scanning, and DNS tests |
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Software installer |
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- Yum based software installation with server-manager panel |
There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 |
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- (bug 59, 1163) Software installer panel has been enhanced to: |
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- provide better feedback during installs |
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- use multiple mirror sites |
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- automatically choose the closest working mirror |
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- deal with large updates |
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Note: The 'prereposetup' stage may take 5-10 minutes for a large update set |
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- Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled |
After installing for the very first time: |
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- (bug 1849) CentOS base and updates channels are now enabled by default |
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- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates. |
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- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of |
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groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification). |
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- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day |
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about those changes (rkhunter email notification). |
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General features |
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- Based on CentOS 4.4 and all available updates |
Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3 |
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- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates |
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- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files |
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(rkhunter email notification). |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.14 2006/07/25 09:18:31 gordonr Exp $ |
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