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SME Server 7.6 Release Announcement |
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March 24 2012 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 7.6. This release is based on CentOS 4.9 which is the final |
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version of CentOS 4 and now End of Life. |
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This is the final ISO release for SME 7, only critical updates will be |
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provided from now as SME 8 is now at Release Candidate status. |
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The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
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tracker (and only there, please); |
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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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Please Note |
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It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this |
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time you may experience problems. |
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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. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and |
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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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Thanks |
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The development team would like to thank all of those involved in this |
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release. More people are required to help with bug triage and |
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verification testing. |
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Upgrades |
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Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. |
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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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Backups |
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- Allow for daylight saving changes when running backups. |
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- Handle removable backup locations when using modern browsers. |
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- Backup to Workstation to handle full remote disc gracefully. |
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- Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file. |
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- The backup to workstation did not correctly handle network drives |
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starting with a leading slash. The leading slash is now allowed |
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and silently removed. |
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File Server |
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- Create .V2 profiles for Windows 7 clients. |
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- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays). |
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- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file. |
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Installer |
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- Allow installation when dmraid present. |
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Localisation |
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- Add Chinese (Taiwan) language. |
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- Add Hebrew language. |
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- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages. |
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Mail Server |
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- TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured. |
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- Fix Pseudonym "local network only" to merge multiple properties. |
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Server manager |
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- There should be strict checking of the IP address and Subnet Mask entered |
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into remote access panel before allowing to save successfully. |
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- Fix handling of double speechmarks in the comment field of the hostname panel. |
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Webmail and Groupware |
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- Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions. |
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- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional identities. |
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Web Server |
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- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup. |
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- Default expose_php to Off for security reasons. A database property is added to |
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allow the value to be easily controlled. |
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To enable expose_php /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP On |
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To disable expose_php /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP Off |
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Other fixes and updates |
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- Fix group-modify event to honour ibays group assignment. |
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- Don't exit 99 from e-smith-service script when called with 'condrestart' |
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and service is disabled. |
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- Correct the ldif file expansion for groups to include the uid element and fix |
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the objectClass. |
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- Apply patch to allow rsync v3.0+ to work (needs -e parameter). |
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- Add random wait timer for check4updates script to distribute load on ibiblio. |
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- Update yum to handle CentOS 4 moving to the vault. |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2011/06/15 22:06:46 wellsi Exp $ |
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