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SME Server 7.2 Release Notes |
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July 20 2007 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 7.2. This release is based on CentOS 4.5 and all packages |
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have been updated to the latest releases. |
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This release contains many new features, all released updates for |
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SME Server 7.1 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades |
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will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. |
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All users should upgrade to this release. |
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Please report any issues with the SME Server to the bug tracker, |
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and only there: |
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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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Thanks |
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The development team would like to thank all of those involved in |
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this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the |
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current level of support. More people are required to help with |
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bug triage and verification testing. |
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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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Changes in this release |
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Virus/Spam Scanning |
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- The FuzzyOCR spamassassin plugin has been enabled to detect image spam |
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- An X-Virus-Checked header is now added to mail when it is virus scanned |
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- sa-update is now run daily to download the latest SpamAssassin rules |
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- The "freshclam: Update failed" mail now shows the recent history of |
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the freshclam update process |
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- The mail server now defers delivery if clamd is unavailable |
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- Clamd and spamassassin have been updated to the latest releases |
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Other mail system changes |
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- Attempts to mail to invalid users now show "Relaying denied" |
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instead of "Invalid recipient" |
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- The qpsmtpd "terse" log plugin is now used, which results in a single |
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line summarising each mail |
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- The qplogsumm.pl tool has been added, which generates mail system |
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plugin statistics in /var/log/qpsmtpd/state |
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- The DNS blacklist plugin would occasionally return "False positive" |
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results for multiple overlapping requests. This has been corrected. |
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- It is now possible to tune the memory limit for qpsmtpd |
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- Disclaimer plugin added to allow footers in internal to external mails |
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Disk redundancy |
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- The default disk layout has changed. A hot spare drive is |
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automatically created if the system has more than two drives. |
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A new boot option "nospare" has been added if you are certain that |
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you do not want to create the spare. You should only use this option |
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if you are aware of the consequences of running without a hot spare. |
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- Errors from add_drive_to_raid are now displayed in the console |
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- Adding drives with invalid partition tables now works without a reboot |
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- Attempts to manually add RAID devices to systems without RAID shows an error |
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Remote Access |
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- It is now possible to set the TCP port for SSH sessions from the |
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Remote Access panel. Note: Changing this port affects SSH, SFTP and SCP |
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- Issues with SFTP remote access have been corrected |
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- Users can be assigned fixed IP addresses with PPTP |
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db accounts setprop fredfrog PPTPIP 192.168.1.5 |
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signal-event remoteaccess-update |
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- The PPTP link timeout has been increased to better handle unreliable links |
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- PPTP has been upgraded to the latest release |
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Backups |
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- USB backup and restore has been added to the console on a fresh install |
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- The tape reminder mail can now be sent to a user other than admin |
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config setprop backup reminderEmail fredfrog |
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- Backup to desktop no longer affects the BackupType set for tape backups |
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- Restores of MySQL databases with binary 'blobs' up to 16MB are now |
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supported by default (previous was 1MB). To change the setting: |
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config setprop mysqld MaxAllowedPacket 20MB |
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Localisation |
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- Swedish translations have been added |
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- The Spanish translations have been updated |
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- The online manual link now points to the manual in the chosen browser |
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language, if such a manual exists |
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- The en-au and en-nz browser languages are now supported |
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Software Installer |
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- The pacific.net.au mirror has been added as a mirror location. Many |
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thanks to all of our mirrors. |
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- It is possible to limit visibility of updates to specific patterns or |
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repositories (see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2416 for details) |
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Webmail |
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- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions |
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Console |
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- Further validation has been added for the Gateway IP to ensure that |
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it is on the same network as the External IP address |
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Server manager |
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- The new session-based login to the server-manager now works correctly |
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on servers where port 80 is blocked |
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- The user-password panel now correctly enforces the user password policy |
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- I-bay assignment when a name appears in Domains and Hostnames and Addresses |
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now gives preference to the domain setting |
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UPS |
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- More template options are available to support more UPS models |
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(see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2791 for details) |
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Other fixes and updates |
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- Many changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 |
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- We are now using the CentOS 4 php-pear modules instead of our own builds |
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- runit was upgraded to the latest release |
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- The runsvctrl command has been replaced by the much simpler 'sv' command |
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- The server-only firewall code now respects UDPPort configuration settings |
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- The "use client driver" setting in smb.conf was corrected |
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- An apostrophe in the last name caused aliases to be undeletable |
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- The hostnames description on the Hostnames and Addresses page was corrected |
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- Some log warnings from FormMagick were removed |
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- Unused openldap PID files are no longer created |
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- Various minor text corrections to the console |
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- The version number has been removed from the installer splash screen |
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- It is no longer possible to quit form the initial configuration wizard |
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before configuring the system |
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- The radius templates have been reorganised to simplify extension |
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- The templates.metadata settings can now be provided by a directory of files |
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- templates.metadata now provides an option to delete unwanted expansions |
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- The /etc/pam.d/login fragments have been corrected |
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- The gauge console widget now allows the --clear action to be optional |
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- The e-smith-service wrapper initscript filename match has been tightened |
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- Empty dnscache forwarder entries are ignored |
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- The CD no longer says "DVD" in the media check screen |
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- Many old dungog contribs were incompatible, untested or replaced with |
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SME Server 7.x features. These packages are now automatically removed |
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on upgrades |
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General features |
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- Based on CentOS 4.5 and all available updates |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.17 2007/06/16 20:16:58 slords Exp $ |
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