cdrom.image/sme7/README.txt

SME Server 7.6 Release Announcement
===================================

March 24 2012

The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
SME Server 7.6. This release is based on CentOS 4.9 which is the final
version of CentOS 4 and now End of Life.

This is the final ISO release for SME 7, only critical updates will be
provided from now as SME 8 is now at Release Candidate status.

The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download

Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
tracker (and only there, please);

    http://bugs.contribs.org/


Please Note
===========
It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this
time you may experience problems.


About SME Server
================

SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
enterprises.

SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.


Thanks
======
The development team would like to thank all of those involved in this
release. More people are required to help with bug triage and
verification testing.


Upgrades
========
Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
- An upgrade will preserve the existing data


Changes in this release
=======================

Backups
-------
- Allow for daylight saving changes when running backups.
- Handle removable backup locations when using modern browsers.
- Backup to Workstation to handle full remote disc gracefully.
- Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file.
- The backup to workstation did not correctly handle network drives 
  starting with a leading slash. The leading slash is now allowed 
  and silently removed.

File Server
-----------
- Create .V2 profiles for Windows 7 clients.
- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays).
- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file.

Installer
---------
- Allow installation when dmraid present.

Localisation
------------
- Add Chinese (Taiwan) language.
- Add Hebrew language.
- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.

Mail Server
-----------
- TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured.
- Fix Pseudonym "local network only" to merge multiple properties.

Server manager
--------------
- There should be strict checking of the IP address and Subnet Mask entered 
  into remote access panel before allowing to save successfully.
- Fix handling of double speechmarks in the comment field of the hostname panel.

Webmail and Groupware
---------------------
- Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions.
- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional identities.

Web Server
----------
- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup.
- Default expose_php to Off for security reasons. A database property is added to 
  allow the value to be easily controlled. 
  To enable expose_php   /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP On
  To disable expose_php  /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP Off

Other fixes and updates
-----------------------
- Fix group-modify event to honour ibays group assignment.
- Don't exit 99 from e-smith-service script when called with 'condrestart'
  and service is disabled.
- Correct the ldif file expansion for groups to include the uid element and fix
  the objectClass.
- Apply patch to allow rsync v3.0+ to work (needs -e parameter).
- Add random wait timer for check4updates script to distribute load on ibiblio. 
- Update yum to handle CentOS 4 moving to the vault.

$Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2011/06/15 22:06:46 wellsi Exp $
1	SME Server 7.6 Release Announcement
2	===================================
3
4	March 24 2012
5
6	The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7	SME Server 7.6. This release is based on CentOS 4.9 which is the final
8	version of CentOS 4 and now End of Life.
9
10	This is the final ISO release for SME 7, only critical updates will be
11	provided from now as SME 8 is now at Release Candidate status.
12
13	The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
14	http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
15
16	Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
17	tracker (and only there, please);
18
19	http://bugs.contribs.org/
20
21
22	Please Note
23	===========
24	It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this
25	time you may experience problems.
26
27
28	About SME Server
29	================
30
31	SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
32	enterprises.
33
34	SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
35	is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
36	However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
37	meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
38
39
40	Thanks
41	======
42	The development team would like to thank all of those involved in this
43	release. More people are required to help with bug triage and
44	verification testing.
45
46
47	Upgrades
48	========
49	Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
50	- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
51	- An upgrade will preserve the existing data
52
53
54	Changes in this release
55	=======================
56
57	Backups
58	-------
59	- Allow for daylight saving changes when running backups.
60	- Handle removable backup locations when using modern browsers.
61	- Backup to Workstation to handle full remote disc gracefully.
62	- Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file.
63	- The backup to workstation did not correctly handle network drives
64	starting with a leading slash. The leading slash is now allowed
65	and silently removed.
66
67	File Server
68	-----------
69	- Create .V2 profiles for Windows 7 clients.
70	- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays).
71	- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file.
72
73	Installer
74	---------
75	- Allow installation when dmraid present.
76
77	Localisation
78	------------
79	- Add Chinese (Taiwan) language.
80	- Add Hebrew language.
81	- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
82
83	Mail Server
84	-----------
85	- TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured.
86	- Fix Pseudonym "local network only" to merge multiple properties.
87
88	Server manager
89	--------------
90	- There should be strict checking of the IP address and Subnet Mask entered
91	into remote access panel before allowing to save successfully.
92	- Fix handling of double speechmarks in the comment field of the hostname panel.
93
94	Webmail and Groupware
95	---------------------
96	- Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions.
97	- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional identities.
98
99	Web Server
100	----------
101	- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup.
102	- Default expose_php to Off for security reasons. A database property is added to
103	allow the value to be easily controlled.
104	To enable expose_php /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP On
105	To disable expose_php /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP Off
106
107	Other fixes and updates
108	-----------------------
109	- Fix group-modify event to honour ibays group assignment.
110	- Don't exit 99 from e-smith-service script when called with 'condrestart'
111	and service is disabled.
112	- Correct the ldif file expansion for groups to include the uid element and fix
113	the objectClass.
114	- Apply patch to allow rsync v3.0+ to work (needs -e parameter).
115	- Add random wait timer for check4updates script to distribute load on ibiblio.
116	- Update yum to handle CentOS 4 moving to the vault.
117
118	$Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2011/06/15 22:06:46 wellsi Exp $