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1  SME Server 7.0pre4  SME Server 7.4 Release Announcement
2  ==================  ===================================
3    
4  ****************************************************************  October 20 2008
5  * IMPORTANT: Pre-upgrade step for 7.0pre1 and 7.0beta releases *  
6  ****************************************************************  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7   Before upgrading to 7.0 from any of the 7.0 test releases, you  SME Server 7.4. This release is based on CentOS 4.7 and all packages
8   must run the following command:  have been updated to the latest releases.
9    
10   kudzu -q  
11    All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.
12   If you do not do this _prior_ to the upgrade, your system may  
13   not boot. If this happens, please see the workaround here:  The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
14    http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
15   http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698  
16  ***************************************************************  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised
17    in the bug tracker (and only there, please);
18  Changelog  
19  =========      http://bugs.contribs.org/
20    
21  7.0pre3 -> 7.0pre4  
22  ==================  Please Note
23  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  ===========
24      See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/  It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
25    during this time you may experience problems.
26  7.0pre2 -> 7.0pre3  
27  ===================  
28  - The pre2 image wouldn't boot on some machines (bug 733)  About SME Server
29    ================
30  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  
31      See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
32    enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
33  7.0pre1 -> 7.0pre2  ( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
34  ===================  provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
35  - Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates  
36    SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
37  - Reconfiguration reboot now requested after Software Installer  and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
38    updates  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
39    meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
40  - Simple yum wrapper added to remind people to reconfigure after  
41    using yum  As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
42    development.
43  - Completion of change to contribs.org styling  
44    Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
45  - Updated French translation - thanks Franck Pierre  
46    
47  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  Thanks
48      See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/  ======
49    The development team would like to thank all of those involved in
50  7.0beta9 -> 7.0pre1  this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the
51  ===================  current level of support. More people are required to help with
52  - Test Internet Access now accesses contribs.org and only passes two  bug triage and verification testing.
53    pieces of information - the version installed on your server and  
54    a string used to differentiate your server from others using this  
55    test. This string is generated by a one-way hash function and access  This release contains many new features, all released updates for
56    to the string does not provide any information about your server.  SME Server 7.3 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades
57    will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
58    We appreciate your assistance in sending this information so we can  
59    gain an accurate count of the installed servers.  
60    Upgrades
61  - Server manager changed to use contribs.org branding. CSS files still  ========
62    need to be updated.  - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
63    - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
64  - Usernames of the form first.last and first_last are now allowed.  
65    
66  - The maximum length of user and group names has increased from twelve to 31.  Changes in this release
67    =======================
68  - Reconfiguration reboot added to "Shutdown and Reboot" panel  
69    (added in Beta9). This performs a "post-upgrade" and a "reboot" and  Installer
70    should be used after system and yum upgrades.  ---------
71    - Fix grub label to keep consistent with the SME Server brand.
72  - Automated conversion to RAID on upgrade feature removed.  
73    Mail system changes
74  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  -------------------
75      See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/  - Introduce a web interface to configure the pseudonym "visible" property
76      (internal|external)
77  7.0beta8 -> 7.0beta9  - New feature now allows a "catch all" situation where you have the ability
78  ====================    to redirect "@virtualdomain1.com" to user "joe".
79  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers  - Fix the "Ugly" log messages (Use of uninitialized value) when spam checking
80      See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/    results in 0 hits.
81    - Emails sent to a null address like ""@domain without the username part
82  7.0beta7 -> 7.0beta8    are now rejected.
83  ====================  - qplogsumm is a optional feature that should be disabled by default.
84  - Rebuild ipsvd package on CentOS 4.x  - A request that the log information is reduced with the default loglevel
85  https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1226207&group_id=96750&atid=615772    setting of 6 in qpsmtpd.
86    - Support for sending mail to ISP via Secure SMTP
87  7.0beta6 -> 7.0beta7  - Enable the auth plugin for local lan connections
88  ====================  - Migrate (remove) "ordb.net" from the RBL lists to prevent mail bouncing.
89  - Reconfigure option added to Shutdown/reboot page  - Remove blackhole.securitysage.com as service no longer in use.
90  - Correct versions of kernel slip and ppp modules included  - Remove sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org  from default lists and use a more improved
91  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers    list in zen.spamhaus.org.
92      https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772  
93    Console
94  7.0beta5 -> 7.0beta6  -------
95  ====================  - Improved validation will check password on first enter password screen
96  - Base updated from CentOS 4.1 to CentOS 4.2    before verifying if too simple then asking to verify and proceed to
97  - Included kernel-module-slip to support dialup with diald    configuration of server.
98  - Gathered all L10Ns other than en-us into the smeserver-locale package  - Passwords should be validated for strength on first entry rather than
99  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers    waiting for the second confirmation entry.
100      https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772  - The console should validate passwords using the common method,
101      using esmith::util::validatePassword
102  7.0beta4 -> 7.0beta5  - The last item in the server console, "Exit from server console", is removed
103  ====================    as it is redundant.
104  - German translations - Thanks Dietmar Berteld  - Display frames in console server-manager.
105  - Italian translations - Thanks Filippo Carletti    When browsing server-manager through console pressing 'H' goes to
106  - French translation fixups - Thanks again to Didier Rambeau    http://localhost/server-manager
107  - Anaconda/installer translations are still to be added to some screens  
108  - Enhanced control for Webmail access - Thanks Michael Weinberger  Backups
109  - Added the ability to set Corporate DNS Servers and specify domains  -------
110    to be resolved via the Corporate DNS Servers, Internet DNS Servers  - Backups now use dar which enables a backup to consist of more than 2GB
111    or locally - Thanks Gordon Rowell    of data to a workstation in any of the following supported methods:
112  - RAID conversion on upgrade re-added after installer changes (see Alpha24)    smbfs, cifs or nfs. It also gives the option to set how many rotating
113  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers    backups are required and allows to split size of backup to DVD size.
114      https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772  - Removed 'restore from desktop' functionality
115    - The error codes from tar are now logged, in line with flexbackup, and do not
116  7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta4    cause a backup to fail.
117  ====================  - A Iomeage USB REV-drive was by default mounted in /media as a cdrom device.
118  - Enhanced options for POP and IMAP access - Thanks Michael Weinberger    It is now automagically mounted as an usbdisk so it can be used as a backup
119  - French translations of new panels - Thanks Didier Rambeau    device without manual intervention.
120  - MySQL database restore fixes - Thanks Paul Floor  
121  - Various library bug fixes - Thanks Michiel Blotwijk  Localisation
122  - PHP register_globals disabled - Thanks John Bennett  ------------
123  - Server-manager settings for ISP SMTP Authentication - Thanks Gordon Rowell  As part of a major update with translations we have added six new
124  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers  languages and made it much easier to add other languages in the
125      https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772  future.
126    
127  7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta3  We now support the following languages in the server-manager: Danish,
128  ====================  Dutch, English, French, Greek, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian,
129  - Bug fixes - not released  Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
130    
131  7.0beta1 -> 7.0beta2  We have made major strides to assist the non-English community by
132  ====================  using a tool called pootle.  This is a web based translation tool that
133  - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:  will allow new languages to be added and existing languages to be more
134      https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772  easily maintained.
135  - Many thanks to all of our testers and bug reporters  
136    We have cleaned up a lot of the packages as a part of getting them to
137  7.0alpha26 -> 7.0beta1  work with pootle.  Another big change as part of this upgrade is the
138  ======================  switch from ISO-8859-1 (Latin) charset to UTF-8 (Universal) charset,
139  - Use anaconda upgrade detection  this will allow us to support languages that don't use latin
140  - Boot straight into anaconda  characters (like Greek).
141  - Remove KickStart configuration files (no longer used)  
142  - Hide many installer screens  Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
143  - Clean up RPM dependencies and package lineage  
144  - Removed some unused packages from CD image  Software Installer
145  - Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:  ------------------
146      https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772  - smeextras repository added, it is used for building the installer and ISO
147    - The yum-update event now includes the yum-import-keys action to allow
148  7.0alpha25 -> 7.0alpha26    users to update yum packages and configuration without rebooting,
149  ========================    which enables updating when there is a compatibility problem.
150  - Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:  - Correct yum-update-dbs action to adjust yum service properly.
151      https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772  - The BaseURL property has been removed for repos with mirrorlists.
152    - The message "This system is up to date." is displayed if no updates are
153  7.0alpha24 -> 7.0alpha25    available.
154  ========================  
155  - Fix anaconda to pick up/smp kernel correctly  Webmail
156  - Remove cups from installation  -------
157  - Add real appletalk module  - Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions
158  - Add latest CentOS updates  - Support the ability to save user kronolith free/busy information to the LDAP
159  - Fix shadow-utils to allow machines to join domain    database.
160  - Add missing dependencies  - Servers with a custom template for 110AppRegistryHorde found webmail no
161  - Fix bugs (see sourceforge site for any missed above)    longer worked.
162    - The name of the webmail installation is now configurable.
163  7.0alpha23 -> 7.0alpha24    To use - config setprop horde Name xxxx ; signal-event email-update.
164  ========================  
165  - Fixed grub installer so it get installed on mbr for raid setups  Server manager
166  - Removed perl-Mail-SpamAssassin as rhel4 spamassassin contains that  --------------
167  - ext2fs, ext3fs and swap partitions are automatically upgraded to  - The name of the log file being viewed via the Server Manager 'View log
168    degraded (single disk) RAID-1 volumes so that a second disk can    files' is now displayed as the first line.
169    be added later - Thanks to Mitel for funding this feature  - Disabling the daily update check in the server-manager did not stop the
170  - Rebuild ipsvd to prevent segfaults    check4updates task sending mail to the server administrator.
171  - Fixed radiusd/pptpd services so VPN now works  - Server-manager > printers > add printer -  now advises users to avoid
172  - Upgraded nut to v2.0    certain names and descriptions as this causes printer state to be incorrect.
173  - Fixed warnquota permissions  - Fix the Unknown heading in server-manager after an update.
174  - Upgrade packages from el3 to el4 versions  - Fix inconsistency within the navigation.xx files which no longer adds extra
175  - Added few useful services that CentOS 4.1 recommends    spaces and newlines in panel headers.
176    - The Anti-virus (ClamAV) panel text was updated to remove the word 'entire'
177  7.0alpha22 -> 7.0alpha23    as this could be misleading.
178  ========================  - Allow server-manager to successfully create a one character user account.
179  - Removed webalizer  - After adding a user and trying to set password via server-manager or
180  - Added rkhunter    user-password using the ";" sign you encountered a "white screen of
181  - Added i586 packages - openssl, kernel, glibc    death". This was due to the version of perl-Object-Persistence being used.
182  - Added smeserver-yum  - Remove the last 'pleasewait' message as it is no longer needed.
183  - Added smeserver-qpsmtpd-tnef2mime-0.0.2-0.noarch.rpm and dependencies:  - The button to add a new user in the server-manager was missing due to a
184          perl-Convert-TNEF-0.17-3.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm    problem with the free/busy code in usermanager causing the panel to exit.
185          perl-File-MMagic-1.21-1.noarch.rpm  
186          perl-IO-stringy-2.108-4.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm  Other fixes and updates
187          perl-MIME-tools-5.411-2.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm  -----------------------
188  - Added centos-release and made e-smith-release depend on it  - Updated Samba resolves various file sharing problems
189  - Removed centos-yumconf  - The length of an Ibay name is now configurable via maxIbayNameLength
190  - Imported cdrom.image into CVS  - The Samba "unix extensions" are turned off for Mac compatibility
191    - radiusd.conf allows support for additional authentication methods
192  $Id: README.txt,v 1.3 2006/02/14 04:11:26 gordonr Exp $  - Ability to modify pseudonyms with special characters
193    - Prevent NameServer being set to current IP of SME Server
194    - Allow support for server side includes for ibays when a directory is
195      browsed.
196    - Made mtu/mru settings configurable.
197    - Increased the templating in php.ini
198    - Fixed timezone detection issues for certain timezones during certificate
199      generation
200    - Added support for cciss RAID controller
201    - Enable a new feature to allow admin to have own password not shared with
202      root.
203    - nut is now started after the network to avoid mails to the admin mailbox
204      about lost communication.
205    - e-smith-openssh contained unused template fragments were removed.
206    - ibays can now be set as non-browsable (hidden), but accessible via their
207      UNC. An ibay can be hidden by setting the Browsable property to disabled.
208    - Suspicious string scanning (supscan) has been disabled due
209      to being CPU and I/O intensive and prone to producing false positives..
210    - The audittool script has been updated to also identify modified events.
211    - If a custom motd was used this could have been sent with the smolt data, now
212      only the version from e-smith-release is sent.
213    - The wrong URL was shown for the smolt profile, it has been updated to
214      http://smolt.contribs.org/
215    - Patch djbdns around TCP bug: http://alkemio.org/dns_transmit-bug.html
216    - Change license of djbdns to "Public Domain' -
217      http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html
218    - Do not display symlinks via ftp.
219    - New LPRng where both inbuilt filters as well as smbprint filters work.
220    - Resolved false positives that were being reported by rkhunter.
221    - Move the clamav scan schedule to the correct crontab file for ease of use.
222    - Use yum installonlyn plugin to keep only the last 5 kernels.
223    - Change Wpad URL to match system domain to enable the Wpad feature.
224    - dnscache will now ignore referrals when in forwardonly mode.
225    - On servers with no ibays and less than two users the shadow-copy-rotate
226      script would fail.
227    - Correct the step-ticker to pool.ntp.org hosts.
228    - Hide normally hidden files from view when using roaming profiles.
229    - The dungog yum repository has been obsoleted as the packages are in
230      smecontribs.
231    - When a user is deleted from the server-manager his/her pseudonyms should not
232      appear in any configuration file.
233    
234    
235    General features
236    ================
237    - Based on CentOS 4.7 and all available updates
238    
239    
240    There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2
241    =======================================================
242    
243    After installing for the very first time:
244    -----------------------------------------
245    - First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates.
246    - First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of
247      groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification).
248    - Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day
249      about those changes (rkhunter email notification).
250    
251    $Id: README.txt,v 1.22 2008/10/15 22:56:59 wellsi Exp $


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