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1 SME Server 7.0
2 ==============
3 July 1, 2006
4
5 The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME
6 Server 7.0 This release has many new features and fixes for previously
7 reported issues.
8
9 All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.
10
11
12 About SME Server
13 ================
14
15 SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
16 enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
17 ( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
18 provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
19
20 SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
21 and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
22 However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
23 meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
24
25 As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
26 development.
27
28 Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
29
30
31 Installation
32 ============
33
34 - Simple single CD install
35
36 - The installation procedure will rewrite all disks in the system
37
38 - Automatic detection of multi-CPU and HyperThreading CPUs
39
40 - In order to install on i586 machines you will need to do the following:
41
42 1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu
43 2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt
44
45 Many installation issues are caused by the following issues:
46
47 - Incorrectly burnt CD:
48 Please use the "Media Check" to test your media. This screen is
49 presented at the start of the installation
50
51 - Faulty memory
52 1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu
53 2) Type "memtest86" at the boot prompt
54
55 - Unsupported or faulty hardware
56 - Check the memory and CD
57 - Use good quality cables and an error-free CDROM drive
58 - Ensure master/slave configuration is correct, if appropriate
59 - Disable onboard RAID controllers
60 - Disable power saving and ACPI features in the BIOS
61
62 Automated RAID installation
63 ===========================
64
65 NOTE: All disks must be the same size for SME Server 7.0
66
67 - Single disk provides one-way RAID1
68 - Console screen allows simple addition of second disk to provide mirroring
69
70 - Two disks are configured as a RAID1 mirror
71
72 - Three to five disks are configured as RAID5 (/boot partition is RAID1)
73
74 - Six or more disks are configured as RAID6 (/boot partition is RAID1)
75
76
77 Upgrades
78 ========
79
80 - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
81
82 - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
83
84 - Seamless upgrades from unmodified SME Server 6.0, 6.0.1 and 6.5 servers
85
86 - Many common contributed add-ons have been included in the satndard dis
87
88 Email
89 =====
90
91 - Virus scanning
92
93 - Executable attachment blocking
94
95 - Spam filtering
96 - Automatic tagging with X-Spam-Status header
97 - Optional sorting to 'junkmail' mailbox
98 - Selectable tagging levels
99 - Optional rejection of spam during SMTP transaction
100 - Full user/domain recipient filtering
101
102 - Attachment conversion from TNEF to MIME
103
104 - Pseudonyms panel enhancements
105 - Ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different
106 places
107 - Can enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms
108
109 - Secure POP, IMAP and SMTP
110
111 - SMTP authentication for users and for ISP connection
112
113 - Horde/IMP3 based webmail
114
115 General features
116 ================
117
118 - Based on CentOS 4.3
119
120 - Software installer panel
121
122 - Yum based software installation
123
124 - Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled
125
126
127
128 Changelog
129 =========
130
131 7.0rc3 -> 7.0
132 =============
133 - Release number change
134
135 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
136 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
137
138 ****************************************************************
139 * IMPORTANT: Pre-upgrade step for 7.0pre1 and 7.0beta releases *
140 ****************************************************************
141 Before upgrading to 7.0 from 7.0pre1 or any of the 7.0beta
142 releases, you must run the following command:
143
144 kudzu -q
145
146 If you do not do this _prior_ to the upgrade, your system may
147 not boot. If this happens, please see the workaround here:
148
149 http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698
150 ***************************************************************
151
152 7.0rc2 -> 7.0rc3
153 ================
154 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
155 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
156
157 7.0rc1 -> 7.0rc2
158 ================
159 - Update to CentOS 4.3 base
160 - Installer built with i686 kernel. In order to install on i586
161 machines you will need to do the following:
162
163 1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu.
164 2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt.
165
166 - New system consistency audit scripts installed in /sbin/e-smith/audittools/
167
168 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
169 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
170
171 7.0pre4 -> 7.0rc1
172 ==================
173 - Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates
174
175 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
176 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
177
178 7.0pre3 -> 7.0pre4
179 ==================
180 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
181 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
182
183 7.0pre2 -> 7.0pre3
184 ===================
185 - The pre2 image wouldn't boot on some machines (bug 733)
186
187 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
188 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
189
190 7.0pre1 -> 7.0pre2
191 ===================
192 - Includes latest CentOS kernel and updates
193
194 - Reconfiguration reboot now requested after Software Installer
195 updates
196
197 - Simple yum wrapper added to remind people to reconfigure after
198 using yum
199
200 - Completion of change to contribs.org styling
201
202 - Updated French translation - thanks Franck Pierre
203
204 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
205 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
206
207 7.0beta9 -> 7.0pre1
208 ===================
209 - Test Internet Access now accesses contribs.org and only passes two
210 pieces of information - the version installed on your server and
211 a string used to differentiate your server from others using this
212 test. This string is generated by a one-way hash function and access
213 to the string does not provide any information about your server.
214
215 We appreciate your assistance in sending this information so we can
216 gain an accurate count of the installed servers.
217
218 - Server manager changed to use contribs.org branding. CSS files still
219 need to be updated.
220
221 - Usernames of the form first.last and first_last are now allowed.
222
223 - The maximum length of user and group names has increased from twelve to 31.
224
225 - Reconfiguration reboot added to "Shutdown and Reboot" panel
226 (added in Beta9). This performs a "post-upgrade" and a "reboot" and
227 should be used after system and yum upgrades.
228
229 - Automated conversion to RAID on upgrade feature removed.
230
231 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
232 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
233
234 7.0beta8 -> 7.0beta9
235 ====================
236 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers
237 See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/
238
239 7.0beta7 -> 7.0beta8
240 ====================
241 - Rebuild ipsvd package on CentOS 4.x
242 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1226207&group_id=96750&atid=615772
243
244 7.0beta6 -> 7.0beta7
245 ====================
246 - Reconfigure option added to Shutdown/reboot page
247 - Correct versions of kernel slip and ppp modules included
248 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
249 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
250
251 7.0beta5 -> 7.0beta6
252 ====================
253 - Base updated from CentOS 4.1 to CentOS 4.2
254 - Included kernel-module-slip to support dialup with diald
255 - Gathered all L10Ns other than en-us into the smeserver-locale package
256 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
257 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
258
259 7.0beta4 -> 7.0beta5
260 ====================
261 - German translations - Thanks Dietmar Berteld
262 - Italian translations - Thanks Filippo Carletti
263 - French translation fixups - Thanks again to Didier Rambeau
264 - Anaconda/installer translations are still to be added to some screens
265 - Enhanced control for Webmail access - Thanks Michael Weinberger
266 - Added the ability to set Corporate DNS Servers and specify domains
267 to be resolved via the Corporate DNS Servers, Internet DNS Servers
268 or locally - Thanks Gordon Rowell
269 - RAID conversion on upgrade re-added after installer changes (see Alpha24)
270 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
271 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
272
273 7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta4
274 ====================
275 - Enhanced options for POP and IMAP access - Thanks Michael Weinberger
276 - French translations of new panels - Thanks Didier Rambeau
277 - MySQL database restore fixes - Thanks Paul Floor
278 - Various library bug fixes - Thanks Michiel Blotwijk
279 - PHP register_globals disabled - Thanks John Bennett
280 - Server-manager settings for ISP SMTP Authentication - Thanks Gordon Rowell
281 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here - Thanks to testers and developers
282 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
283
284 7.0beta2 -> 7.0beta3
285 ====================
286 - Bug fixes - not released
287
288 7.0beta1 -> 7.0beta2
289 ====================
290 - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:
291 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
292 - Many thanks to all of our testers and bug reporters
293
294 7.0alpha26 -> 7.0beta1
295 ======================
296 - Use anaconda upgrade detection
297 - Boot straight into anaconda
298 - Remove KickStart configuration files (no longer used)
299 - Hide many installer screens
300 - Clean up RPM dependencies and package lineage
301 - Removed some unused packages from CD image
302 - Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:
303 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
304
305 7.0alpha25 -> 7.0alpha26
306 ========================
307 - Many, many bug fixes - see the bug tracker here:
308 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=96750&atid=615772
309
310 7.0alpha24 -> 7.0alpha25
311 ========================
312 - Fix anaconda to pick up/smp kernel correctly
313 - Remove cups from installation
314 - Add real appletalk module
315 - Add latest CentOS updates
316 - Fix shadow-utils to allow machines to join domain
317 - Add missing dependencies
318 - Fix bugs (see sourceforge site for any missed above)
319
320 7.0alpha23 -> 7.0alpha24
321 ========================
322 - Fixed grub installer so it get installed on mbr for raid setups
323 - Removed perl-Mail-SpamAssassin as rhel4 spamassassin contains that
324 - ext2fs, ext3fs and swap partitions are automatically upgraded to
325 degraded (single disk) RAID-1 volumes so that a second disk can
326 be added later - Thanks to Mitel for funding this feature
327 - Rebuild ipsvd to prevent segfaults
328 - Fixed radiusd/pptpd services so VPN now works
329 - Upgraded nut to v2.0
330 - Fixed warnquota permissions
331 - Upgrade packages from el3 to el4 versions
332 - Added few useful services that CentOS 4.1 recommends
333
334 7.0alpha22 -> 7.0alpha23
335 ========================
336 - Removed webalizer
337 - Added rkhunter
338 - Added i586 packages - openssl, kernel, glibc
339 - Added smeserver-yum
340 - Added smeserver-qpsmtpd-tnef2mime-0.0.2-0.noarch.rpm and dependencies:
341 perl-Convert-TNEF-0.17-3.1.el3.rf.noarch.rpm
342 perl-File-MMagic-1.21-1.noarch.rpm
343 perl-IO-stringy-2.108-4.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm
344 perl-MIME-tools-5.411-2.rhel3.dag.noarch.rpm
345 - Added centos-release and made e-smith-release depend on it
346 - Removed centos-yumconf
347 - Imported cdrom.image into CVS
348
349 $Id: README.txt,v 1.11 2006/06/05 10:30:53 gordonr Exp $

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