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1  SME Server 7.2 Release Notes  SME Server 7.4 Release Announcement
2  ============================  ===================================
3    
4  June 17 2007  October 20 2008
5    
6  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7  SME Server 7.2. This release is based on CentOS 4.5 and all packages  SME Server 7.4. This release is based on CentOS 4.7 and all packages
8  have been updated to the latest releases.  have been updated to the latest releases.
9    
10    
11    All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.
12    
13    The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
14    http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
15    
16    Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised
17    in the bug tracker (and only there, please);
18    
19        http://bugs.contribs.org/
20    
 This release contains many new features, all released updates for  
 SME Server 7.1 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades  
 will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.  
21    
22  All users should upgrade to this release.  Please Note
23    ===========
24    It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
25    during this time you may experience problems.
26    
 Please report any issues with the SME Server to the bug tracker,  
 and only there:  
27    
28      http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/  About SME Server
29    ================
30    
31    SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
32    enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
33    ( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
34    provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
35    
36    SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
37    and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
38    However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
39    meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
40    
41    As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
42    development.
43    
44    Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
45    
46    
47  Thanks  Thanks
48  ------  ======
49  The development team would like to thank all of those involved in  The development team would like to thank all of those involved in
50  this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the  this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the
51  current level of support.  current level of support. More people are required to help with
52    bug triage and verification testing.
53    
54    
55    This release contains many new features, all released updates for
56    SME Server 7.3 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades
57    will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
58    
59    
60    Upgrades
61    ========
62    - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
63    - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
64    
65    
66  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
67  =======================  =======================
68    
69  Virus/Spam Scanning  Installer
70    ---------
71    - Fix grub label to keep consistent with the SME Server brand.
72    
73    Mail system changes
74  -------------------  -------------------
75  - The FuzzyOCR spamassassin plugin has been enabled to detect image spam  - Introduce a web interface to configure the pseudonym "visible" property
76  - An X-Virus-Checked header is now added to mail when it is virus scanned    (internal|external)
77  - sa-update is now run daily to download the latest SpamAssassin rules  - New feature now allows a "catch all" situation where you have the ability
78  - The "freshclam: Update failed" mail now shows the recent history of    to redirect "@virtualdomain1.com" to user "joe".
79    the freshclam update process  - Fix the "Ugly" log messages (Use of uninitialized value) when spam checking
80  - The mail server now defers delivery if clamd is unavailable    results in 0 hits.
81  - Clamd and spamassassin have been updated to the latest releases  - Emails sent to a null address like ""@domain without the username part
82      are now rejected.
83  Other mail system changes  - qplogsumm is a optional feature that should be disabled by default.
84  -------------------------  - A request that the log information is reduced with the default loglevel
85  - Attempts to mail to invalid users now show "Relaying denied"    setting of 6 in qpsmtpd.
86    instead of "Invalid recipient"  - Support for sending mail to ISP via Secure SMTP
87  - The qpsmtpd "terse" log plugin is now used, which results in a single  - Enable the auth plugin for local lan connections
88    line summarising each mail  - Migrate (remove) "ordb.net" from the RBL lists to prevent mail bouncing.
89  - The qplogsumm.pl tool has been added, which generates mail system  - Remove blackhole.securitysage.com as service no longer in use.
90    plugin statistics in /var/log/qpsmtpd/state  - Remove sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org  from default lists and use a more improved
91  - The DNS blacklist plugin would occasionally return "False positive"    list in zen.spamhaus.org.
92    results for multiple overlapping requests. This has been corrected.  
93  - It is now possible to tune the memory limit for qpsmtpd  Console
94    -------
95  Disk redundancy  - Improved validation will check password on first enter password screen
96  ---------------    before verifying if too simple then asking to verify and proceed to
97  - The default disk layout has changed. A hot spare drive is    configuration of server.
98    automatically created if the system has more than three drives.  - Passwords should be validated for strength on first entry rather than
99    A new boot option "nospare" has been added if you are certain that    waiting for the second confirmation entry.
100    you do not want to create the spare. You should only use this option  - The console should validate passwords using the common method,
101    if you are aware of the consequences of running without a hot spare.    using esmith::util::validatePassword
102  - Errors from add_drive_to_raid are now displayed in the console  - The last item in the server console, "Exit from server console", is removed
103  - Adding drives with invalid partition tables now works without a reboot    as it is redundant.
104  - Attempts to manually add RAID devices to systems without RAID shows an error  - Display frames in console server-manager.
105      When browsing server-manager through console pressing 'H' goes to
106  Remote Access    http://localhost/server-manager
 -------------  
 - It is now possible to set the TCP port for SSH sessions from the  
   Remote Access panel. Note: Changing this port affects SSH, SFTP and SCP  
 - Issues with SFTP remote access have been corrected  
 - Users can be assigned fixed IP addresses with PPTP  
     db accounts setprop fredfrog PPTPIP 192.168.1.5  
     signal-event remoteaccess-update  
 - The PPTP link timeout has been increased to better handle unreliable links  
 - PPTP has been upgraded to the latest release  
107    
108  Backups  Backups
109  -------  -------
110  - USB backup and restore has been added to the console  - Backups now use dar which allows for daily full or incremental backup
111  - The tape reminder mail can now be sent to a user other than admin  - Removed 'restore from desktop' functionality
112      config setprop backup reminderEmail fredfrog  - The error codes from tar are now logged, in line with flexbackup, and do not
113  - Backup to desktop no longer affects the BackupType set for tape backups    cause a backup to fail.
114  - Restores of MySQL databases with binary 'blobs' up to 16MB are now  - A Iomeage USB REV-drive was by default mounted in /media as a cdrom device.
115    supported by default (previous was 1MB). To change the setting:    It is now automagically mounted as an usbdisk so it can be used as a backup
116      config setprop mysqld MaxAllowedPacket 20MB    device without manual intervention.
117    
118  Localisation  Localisation
119  ------------  ------------
120  - Swedish translations have been added  As part of a major update with translations we have added six new
121  - The Spanish translations have been updated  languages and made it much easier to add other languages in the
122  - The online manual link now points to the manual in the chosen browser  future.
123    language, if such a manual exists  
124  - The en-au and en-nz browser languages are now supported  We now support the following languages in the server-manager: Danish,
125    Dutch, English, French, Greek, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian,
126    Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
127    
128    We have made major strides to assist the non-English community by
129    using a tool called pootle.  This is a web based translation tool that
130    will allow new languages to be added and existing languages to be more
131    easily maintained.
132    
133    We have cleaned up a lot of the packages as a part of getting them to
134    work with pootle.  Another big change as part of this upgrade is the
135    switch from ISO-8859-1 (Latin) charset to UTF-8 (Universal) charset,
136    this will allow us to support languages that don't use latin
137    characters (like Greek).
138    
139    Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
140    
141  Software Installer  Software Installer
142  ------------------  ------------------
143  - The pacific.net.au mirror has been added as a mirror location. Many  - smeextras repository added, it is used for building the installer and ISO
144    thanks to all of our mirrors.  - The yum-update event now includes the yum-import-keys action to allow
145  - It is possible to limit visibility of updates to specific patterns or    users to update yum packages and configuration without rebooting,
146    repositories (see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2416 for details)    which enables updating when there is a compatibility problem.
147    - Correct yum-update-dbs action to adjust yum service properly.
148    - The BaseURL property has been removed for repos with mirrorlists.
149    - The message "This system is up to date." is displayed if no updates are
150      available.
151    
152  Webmail  Webmail
153  -------  -------
154  - Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions  - Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions
155    - Support the ability to save user kronolith free/busy information to the LDAP
156  Console    database.
157  -------  - Servers with a custom template for 110AppRegistryHorde found webmail no
158  - Further validation has been added for the Gateway IP to ensure that    longer worked.
159    it is on the same network as the External IP address  - The name of the webmail installation is now configurable.
160      To use - config setprop horde Name xxxx ; signal-event email-update.
161    
162  Server manager  Server manager
163  --------------  --------------
164  - The new session-based login to the server-manager now works correctly  - The name of the log file being viewed via the Server Manager 'View log
165    on servers where port 80 is blocked    files' is now displayed as the first line.
166  - The user-password panel now correctly enforces the user password policy  - Disabling the daily update check in the server-manager did not stop the
167  - I-bay assignment when a name appears in Domains and Hostnames and Addresses    check4updates task sending mail to the server administrator.
168    now gives preference to the domain setting  - Server-manager > printers > add printer -  now advises users to avoid
169      certain names and descriptions as this causes printer state to be incorrect.
170  UPS  - Fix the Unknown heading in server-manager after an update.
171  ---  - Fix inconsistency within the navigation.xx files which no longer adds extra
172  - More template options are available to support more UPS models    spaces and newlines in panel headers.
173    (see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2791 for details)  - The Anti-virus (ClamAV) panel text was updated to remove the word 'entire'
174      as this could be misleading.
175    - Allow server-manager to successfully create a one character user account.
176    - After adding a user and trying to set password via server-manager or
177      user-password using the ";" sign you encountered a "white screen of
178      death". This was due to the version of perl-Object-Persistence being used.
179    - Remove the last 'pleasewait' message is it’s no longer needed.
180    - The button to add a new user in the server-manager was missing due to a
181      problem with the free/busy code in usermanager causing the panel to exit.
182    
183  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
184  -----------------------  -----------------------
185  - Many changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5  - Updated Samba resolves various file sharing problems
186  - We are now using the CentOS 4 php-pear modules instead of our own builds  - The length of an Ibay name is now configurable via maxIbayNameLength
187  - runit was upgraded to the latest release  - The Samba "unix extensions" are turned off for Mac compatibility
188    - The runsvctrl command has been replaced by the much simpler 'sv' command  - radiusd.conf allows support for additional authentication methods
189  - The server-only firewall code now respects UDPPort configuration settings  - Ability to modify pseudonyms with special characters
190  - The "use client driver" setting in smb.conf was corrected  - Prevent NameServer being set to current IP of SME Server
191  - An apostrophe in the last name caused aliases to be undeletable  - Allow support for server side includes for ibays when a directory is
192  - The hostnames description on the Hostnames and Addresses page was corrected    browsed.
193  - Some log warnings from FormMagick were removed  - Made mtu/mru settings configurable and default to 1400
194  - Unused openldap PID files are no longer created  - Increased the templating in php.ini
195  - Various minor text corrections to the console  - Fixed timezone detection issues for certain timezones during certificate
196  - The version number has been removed from the installer splash screen    generation
197  - It is no longer possible to quit form the initial configuration wizard  - Added support for cciss RAID controller
198    before configuring the system  - Enable a new feature to allow admin to have own password not shared with
199  - The radius templates have been reorganised to simplify extension    root.
200  - The templates.metadata settings can now be provided by a directory of files  - nut is now started after the network to avoid mails to the admin mailbox
201  - templates.metadata now provides an option to delete unwanted expansions    about lost communication.
202  - The /etc/pam.d/login fragments have been corrected  - e-smith-openssh contained unused template fragments were removed.
203  - The gauge console widget now allows the --clear action to be optional  - ibays can now be set as non-browsable (hidden), but accessible via their
204  - The e-smith-service wrapper initscript filename match has been tightened    UNC. An ibay can be hidden by setting the Browsable property to disabled.
205  - Empty dnscache forwarder entries are ignored  - Suspicious string scanning (supscan) has been disabled due
206  - The CD no longer says "DVD" in the media check screen    to being CPU and I/O intensive and prone to producing false positives..
207  - Many old dungog contribs were incompatible, untested or replaced with  - The audittool script has been updated to also identify modified events.
208    SME Server 7.x features. These packages are now automatically removed  - If a custom motd was used this could have been sent with the smolt data, now
209    on upgrades    only the version from e-smith-release is sent.
210    - The wrong URL was shown for the smolt profile, it has been updated to
211      http://smolt.contribs.org/
212    - Patch djbdns around TCP bug: http://alkemio.org/dns_transmit-bug.html
213    - Change license of djbdns to "Public Domain' -
214      http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html
215    - Do not display symlinks via ftp.
216    - New LPRng where both inbuilt filters as well as smbprint filters work.
217    - Resolved false positives that were being reported by rkhunter.
218    - Move the clamav scan schedule to the correct crontab file for ease of use.
219    - Use yum installonlyn plugin to keep only the last 5 kernels.
220    - Change Wpad URL to match system domain to enable the Wpad feature.
221    - dnscache will now ignore referrals when in forwardonly mode.
222    - On servers with no ibays and less than two users the shadow-copy-rotate
223      script would fail.
224    - Correct the step-ticker to pool.ntp.org hosts.
225    - Hide normally hidden files from view when using roaming profiles.
226    - The dungog yum repository has been obsoleted as the packages are in
227      smecontribs.
228    - When a user is deleted from the server-manager his/her pseudonyms should not
229      appear in any configuration file.
230    
231    
232    General features
233    ================
234    - Based on CentOS 4.7 and all available updates
235    
236    
237    There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2
238    =======================================================
239    
240    After installing for the very first time:
241    -----------------------------------------
242    - First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates.
243    - First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of
244      groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification).
245    - Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day
246      about those changes (rkhunter email notification).
247    
248  $Id: README.txt,v 1.16 2006/12/26 22:53:34 gordonr Exp $  $Id: README.txt,v 1.20 2008/01/01 17:18:13 slords Exp $


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