--- cdrom.image/README.txt 2006/04/05 05:25:58 1.8 +++ cdrom.image/README.txt 2007/06/16 20:16:58 1.17 @@ -1,213 +1,151 @@ -SME Server 7.0rc2 -================= +SME Server 7.2 Release Notes +============================ -**************************************************************** -* IMPORTANT: Pre-upgrade step for 7.0pre1 and 7.0beta releases * -**************************************************************** - Before upgrading to 7.0 from 7.0pre1 or any of the 7.0beta - releases, you must run the following command: - - kudzu -q - - If you do not do this _prior_ to the upgrade, your system may - not boot. If this happens, please see the workaround here: - - http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698 -*************************************************************** - -Changelog -========= - -7.0rc1 -> 7.0rc2 -================ -- Update to CentOS 4.3 base -- Installer built with i686 kernel. In order to install on i586 - machines you will need to do the following: - - 1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu. - 2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt. - -- New system consistency audit scripts installed in /sbin/e-smith/audit/ - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0pre4 -> 7.0rc1 -================== -- Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0pre3 -> 7.0pre4 -================== -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0pre2 -> 7.0pre3 -=================== -- The pre2 image wouldn't boot on some machines (bug 733) - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0pre1 -> 7.0pre2 -=================== -- Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates - -- Reconfiguration reboot now requested after Software Installer - updates - -- Simple yum wrapper added to remind people to reconfigure after - using yum - -- Completion of change to contribs.org styling - -- Updated French translation - thanks Franck Pierre - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0beta9 -> 7.0pre1 -=================== -- Test Internet Access now accesses contribs.org and only passes two - pieces of information - the version installed on your server and - a string used to differentiate your server from others using this - test. This string is generated by a one-way hash function and access - to the string does not provide any information about your server. - - We appreciate your assistance in sending this information so we can - gain an accurate count of the installed servers. - -- Server manager changed to use contribs.org branding. CSS files still - need to be updated. - -- Usernames of the form first.last and first_last are now allowed. - -- The maximum length of user and group names has increased from twelve to 31. - -- Reconfiguration reboot added to "Shutdown and Reboot" panel - (added in Beta9). This performs a "post-upgrade" and a "reboot" and - should be used after system and yum upgrades. - -- Automated conversion to RAID on upgrade feature removed. - -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0beta8 -> 7.0beta9 -==================== -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers - See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ - -7.0beta7 -> 7.0beta8 -==================== -- Rebuild ipsvd package on CentOS 4.x -https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1226207&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta6 -> 7.0beta7 -==================== -- Reconfigure option added to Shutdown/reboot page -- Correct versions of kernel slip and ppp modules included -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta5 -> 7.0beta6 -==================== -- Base updated from CentOS 4.1 to CentOS 4.2 -- Included kernel-module-slip to support dialup with diald -- Gathered all L10Ns other than en-us into the smeserver-locale package -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta4 -> 7.0beta5 -==================== -- German translations - Thanks Dietmar Berteld -- Italian translations - Thanks Filippo Carletti -- French translation fixups - Thanks again to Didier Rambeau -- Anaconda/installer translations are still to be added to some screens -- Enhanced control for Webmail access - Thanks Michael Weinberger -- Added the ability to set Corporate DNS Servers and specify domains - to be resolved via the Corporate DNS Servers, Internet DNS Servers - or locally - Thanks Gordon Rowell -- RAID conversion on upgrade re-added after installer changes (see Alpha24) -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta4 -==================== -- Enhanced options for POP and IMAP access - Thanks Michael Weinberger -- French translations of new panels - Thanks Didier Rambeau -- MySQL database restore fixes - Thanks Paul Floor -- Various library bug fixes - Thanks Michiel Blotwijk -- PHP register_globals disabled - Thanks John Bennett -- Server-manager settings for ISP SMTP Authentication - Thanks Gordon Rowell -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta3 -==================== -- Bug fixes - not released - -7.0beta1 -> 7.0beta2 -==================== -- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 -- Many thanks to all of our testers and bug reporters - -7.0alpha26 -> 7.0beta1 -====================== -- Use anaconda upgrade detection -- Boot straight into anaconda -- Remove KickStart configuration files (no longer used) -- Hide many installer screens -- Clean up RPM dependencies and package lineage -- Removed some unused packages from CD image -- Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0alpha25 -> 7.0alpha26 -======================== -- Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 - -7.0alpha24 -> 7.0alpha25 -======================== -- Fix anaconda to pick up/smp kernel correctly -- Remove cups from installation -- Add real appletalk module -- Add latest CentOS updates -- Fix shadow-utils to allow machines to join domain -- Add missing dependencies -- Fix bugs (see sourceforge site for any missed above) - -7.0alpha23 -> 7.0alpha24 -======================== -- Fixed grub installer so it get installed on mbr for raid setups -- Removed perl-Mail-SpamAssassin as rhel4 spamassassin contains that -- ext2fs, ext3fs and swap partitions are automatically upgraded to - degraded (single disk) RAID-1 volumes so that a second disk can - be added later - Thanks to Mitel for funding this feature -- Rebuild ipsvd to prevent segfaults -- Fixed radiusd/pptpd services so VPN now works -- Upgraded nut to v2.0 -- Fixed warnquota permissions -- Upgrade packages from el3 to el4 versions -- Added few useful services that CentOS 4.1 recommends - -7.0alpha22 -> 7.0alpha23 -======================== -- Removed webalizer -- Added rkhunter -- Added i586 packages - openssl, kernel, glibc -- Added smeserver-yum -- Added smeserver-qpsmtpd-tnef2mime-0.0.2-0.noarch.rpm and dependencies: - perl-Convert-TNEF-0.17-3.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm - perl-File-MMagic-1.21-1.noarch.rpm - perl-IO-stringy-2.108-4.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm - perl-MIME-tools-5.411-2.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm -- Added centos-release and made e-smith-release depend on it -- Removed centos-yumconf -- Imported cdrom.image into CVS +June 17 2007 -$Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2006/04/05 01:46:20 slords Exp $ +The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of +SME Server 7.2. This release is based on CentOS 4.5 and all packages +have been updated to the latest releases. + +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. + +All users should upgrade to this release. + +Please report any issues with the SME Server to the bug tracker, +and only there: + + http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ + + +Thanks +------ +The development team would like to thank all of those involved in +this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the +current level of support. + + +Changes in this release +======================= + +Virus/Spam Scanning +------------------- +- The FuzzyOCR spamassassin plugin has been enabled to detect image spam +- An X-Virus-Checked header is now added to mail when it is virus scanned +- sa-update is now run daily to download the latest SpamAssassin rules +- The "freshclam: Update failed" mail now shows the recent history of + the freshclam update process +- The mail server now defers delivery if clamd is unavailable +- Clamd and spamassassin have been updated to the latest releases + +Other mail system changes +------------------------- +- Attempts to mail to invalid users now show "Relaying denied" + instead of "Invalid recipient" +- The qpsmtpd "terse" log plugin is now used, which results in a single + line summarising each mail +- The qplogsumm.pl tool has been added, which generates mail system + plugin statistics in /var/log/qpsmtpd/state +- The DNS blacklist plugin would occasionally return "False positive" + results for multiple overlapping requests. This has been corrected. +- It is now possible to tune the memory limit for qpsmtpd + +Disk redundancy +--------------- +- The default disk layout has changed. A hot spare drive is + automatically created if the system has more than three drives. + A new boot option "nospare" has been added if you are certain that + you do not want to create the spare. You should only use this option + if you are aware of the consequences of running without a hot spare. +- Errors from add_drive_to_raid are now displayed in the console +- Adding drives with invalid partition tables now works without a reboot +- Attempts to manually add RAID devices to systems without RAID shows an error + +Remote Access +------------- +- 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 + +Backups +------- +- USB backup and restore has been added to the console +- The tape reminder mail can now be sent to a user other than admin + config setprop backup reminderEmail fredfrog +- Backup to desktop no longer affects the BackupType set for tape backups +- Restores of MySQL databases with binary 'blobs' up to 16MB are now + supported by default (previous was 1MB). To change the setting: + config setprop mysqld MaxAllowedPacket 20MB + +Localisation +------------ +- Swedish translations have been added +- The Spanish translations have been updated +- The online manual link now points to the manual in the chosen browser + language, if such a manual exists +- The en-au and en-nz browser languages are now supported + +Software Installer +------------------ +- The pacific.net.au mirror has been added as a mirror location. Many + thanks to all of our mirrors. +- It is possible to limit visibility of updates to specific patterns or + repositories (see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2416 for details) + +Webmail +------- +- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions + +Console +------- +- Further validation has been added for the Gateway IP to ensure that + it is on the same network as the External IP address + +Server manager +-------------- +- The new session-based login to the server-manager now works correctly + on servers where port 80 is blocked +- The user-password panel now correctly enforces the user password policy +- I-bay assignment when a name appears in Domains and Hostnames and Addresses + now gives preference to the domain setting + +UPS +--- +- More template options are available to support more UPS models + (see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2791 for details) + +Other fixes and updates +----------------------- +- Many changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 +- We are now using the CentOS 4 php-pear modules instead of our own builds +- runit was upgraded to the latest release + - The runsvctrl command has been replaced by the much simpler 'sv' command +- The server-only firewall code now respects UDPPort configuration settings +- The "use client driver" setting in smb.conf was corrected +- An apostrophe in the last name caused aliases to be undeletable +- The hostnames description on the Hostnames and Addresses page was corrected +- Some log warnings from FormMagick were removed +- Unused openldap PID files are no longer created +- Various minor text corrections to the console +- The version number has been removed from the installer splash screen +- It is no longer possible to quit form the initial configuration wizard + before configuring the system +- The radius templates have been reorganised to simplify extension +- The templates.metadata settings can now be provided by a directory of files +- templates.metadata now provides an option to delete unwanted expansions +- The /etc/pam.d/login fragments have been corrected +- The gauge console widget now allows the --clear action to be optional +- The e-smith-service wrapper initscript filename match has been tightened +- Empty dnscache forwarder entries are ignored +- The CD no longer says "DVD" in the media check screen +- Many old dungog contribs were incompatible, untested or replaced with + SME Server 7.x features. These packages are now automatically removed + on upgrades + +$Id: README.txt,v 1.16 2006/12/26 22:53:34 gordonr Exp $