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SME Server 7.0 |
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July 1, 2006 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME |
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Server 7.0 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. |
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About SME Server |
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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. |
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( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to |
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provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License |
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and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
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However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further |
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development. |
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Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. |
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Installation |
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- Simple single CD install |
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- The installation procedure will rewrite all disks in the system |
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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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1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu |
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2) 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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1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu |
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2) Type "memtest86" at the boot prompt |
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* Unsupported or faulty hardware |
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- Check the memory and CD media |
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- Use good quality cables and an error-free CDROM drive |
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- Ensure master/slave configuration is correct, if appropriate |
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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 7.0 |
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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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Upgrades |
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- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades |
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- 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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- SMTP authentication for users and for ISP connection |
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- Horde/IMP3 based webmail |
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General features |
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- Based on CentOS 4.3 |
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- Software installer panel |
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- Yum based software installation |
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- Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled |
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Changelog |
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7.0rc3 -> 7.0 |
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- Release number change |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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* IMPORTANT: Pre-upgrade step for 7.0pre1 and 7.0beta releases * |
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Before upgrading to 7.0 from 7.0pre1 or any of the 7.0beta |
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releases, you must run the following command: |
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kudzu -q |
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If you do not do this _prior_ to the upgrade, your system may |
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not boot. If this happens, please see the workaround here: |
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http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698 |
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7.0rc2 -> 7.0rc3 |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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7.0rc1 -> 7.0rc2 |
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- Update to CentOS 4.3 base |
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- Installer built with i686 kernel. In order to install on i586 |
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machines you will need to do the following: |
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1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu. |
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2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt. |
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- New system consistency audit scripts installed in /sbin/e-smith/audittools/ |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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7.0pre4 -> 7.0rc1 |
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- Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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7.0pre3 -> 7.0pre4 |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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7.0pre2 -> 7.0pre3 |
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- The pre2 image wouldn't boot on some machines (bug 733) |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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7.0pre1 -> 7.0pre2 |
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- Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates |
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- Reconfiguration reboot now requested after Software Installer |
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updates |
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- Simple yum wrapper added to remind people to reconfigure after |
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using yum |
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- Completion of change to contribs.org styling |
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- Updated French translation - thanks Franck Pierre |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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7.0beta9 -> 7.0pre1 |
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- Test Internet Access now accesses contribs.org and only passes two |
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pieces of information - the version installed on your server and |
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a string used to differentiate your server from others using this |
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test. This string is generated by a one-way hash function and access |
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to the string does not provide any information about your server. |
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We appreciate your assistance in sending this information so we can |
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gain an accurate count of the installed servers. |
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- Server manager changed to use contribs.org branding. CSS files still |
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need to be updated. |
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- Usernames of the form first.last and first_last are now allowed. |
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- The maximum length of user and group names has increased from twelve to 31. |
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- Reconfiguration reboot added to "Shutdown and Reboot" panel |
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(added in Beta9). This performs a "post-upgrade" and a "reboot" and |
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should be used after system and yum upgrades. |
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- Automated conversion to RAID on upgrade feature removed. |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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7.0beta8 -> 7.0beta9 |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers |
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See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ |
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7.0beta7 -> 7.0beta8 |
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- Rebuild ipsvd package on CentOS 4.x |
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1226207&group_id=96750&atid=615772 |
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7.0beta6 -> 7.0beta7 |
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- Reconfigure option added to Shutdown/reboot page |
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- Correct versions of kernel slip and ppp modules included |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers |
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 |
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7.0beta5 -> 7.0beta6 |
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- Base updated from CentOS 4.1 to CentOS 4.2 |
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- Included kernel-module-slip to support dialup with diald |
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- Gathered all L10Ns other than en-us into the smeserver-locale package |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers |
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 |
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7.0beta4 -> 7.0beta5 |
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- German translations - Thanks Dietmar Berteld |
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- Italian translations - Thanks Filippo Carletti |
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- French translation fixups - Thanks again to Didier Rambeau |
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- Anaconda/installer translations are still to be added to some screens |
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- Enhanced control for Webmail access - Thanks Michael Weinberger |
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- Added the ability to set Corporate DNS Servers and specify domains |
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to be resolved via the Corporate DNS Servers, Internet DNS Servers |
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or locally - Thanks Gordon Rowell |
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- RAID conversion on upgrade re-added after installer changes (see Alpha24) |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers |
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 |
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7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta4 |
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- Enhanced options for POP and IMAP access - Thanks Michael Weinberger |
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- French translations of new panels - Thanks Didier Rambeau |
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- MySQL database restore fixes - Thanks Paul Floor |
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- Various library bug fixes - Thanks Michiel Blotwijk |
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- PHP register_globals disabled - Thanks John Bennett |
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- Server-manager settings for ISP SMTP Authentication - Thanks Gordon Rowell |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers |
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 |
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7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta3 |
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- Bug fixes - not released |
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7.0beta1 -> 7.0beta2 |
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- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: |
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 |
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- Many thanks to all of our testers and bug reporters |
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7.0alpha26 -> 7.0beta1 |
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- Use anaconda upgrade detection |
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- Boot straight into anaconda |
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- Remove KickStart configuration files (no longer used) |
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- Hide many installer screens |
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- Clean up RPM dependencies and package lineage |
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- Removed some unused packages from CD image |
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- Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: |
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 |
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7.0alpha25 -> 7.0alpha26 |
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- Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here: |
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https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772 |
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7.0alpha24 -> 7.0alpha25 |
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- Fix anaconda to pick up/smp kernel correctly |
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- Remove cups from installation |
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- Add real appletalk module |
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- Add latest CentOS updates |
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- Fix shadow-utils to allow machines to join domain |
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- Add missing dependencies |
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- Fix bugs (see sourceforge site for any missed above) |
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7.0alpha23 -> 7.0alpha24 |
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- Fixed grub installer so it get installed on mbr for raid setups |
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- Removed perl-Mail-SpamAssassin as rhel4 spamassassin contains that |
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- ext2fs, ext3fs and swap partitions are automatically upgraded to |
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degraded (single disk) RAID-1 volumes so that a second disk can |
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be added later - Thanks to Mitel for funding this feature |
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- Rebuild ipsvd to prevent segfaults |
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- Fixed radiusd/pptpd services so VPN now works |
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- Upgraded nut to v2.0 |
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- Fixed warnquota permissions |
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- Upgrade packages from el3 to el4 versions |
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- Added few useful services that CentOS 4.1 recommends |
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- Removed webalizer |
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- Added rkhunter |
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- Added i586 packages - openssl, kernel, glibc |
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- Added smeserver-yum |
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- Added smeserver-qpsmtpd-tnef2mime-0.0.2-0.noarch.rpm and dependencies: |
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perl-Convert-TNEF-0.17-3.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm |
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perl-File-MMagic-1.21-1.noarch.rpm |
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perl-IO-stringy-2.108-4.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm |
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perl-MIME-tools-5.411-2.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm |
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- Added centos-release and made e-smith-release depend on it |
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- Removed centos-yumconf |
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- Imported cdrom.image into CVS |
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