cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt

SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 Release Notes
===================================

DATE TBD

The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.6 and will be the next
major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8.

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

    http://bugs.contribs.org/

***************************
Testers Please Note the following...

1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
   release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a
   dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase.

2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
   will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
   means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
   AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
   are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
   Athlon XP and later.

3. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
   machines without contribs or other modifications.

4. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
   contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers.
   Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.

5. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
   http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8

6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
   during this time you may experience problems.
   You can download SME8.0 Beta 7 from
   http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
   or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8

***************************

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.

As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
development.

Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.

Thanks and a plea for help
==========================

The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role
of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
future.

This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core,
contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
latest stage of development.

Major changes in beta 7
=======================
* Require authentication for all emails, including local.
* Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot). UNDER DISCUSSION
* LDAP authentication can be enabled, but is not on by default in this version,
  once enabled it cannot be disabled, so experiment with care.

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

This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 6.

The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes
carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to
shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and
Fedora-associated developers are not included.

Backups
-------
- Improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks.
- Localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup destination' in
  the Configure Workstation Backup panel
- Improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel.
  Replace term "USB disk" with "removable disk" as this is not restricted
  to only USB disks.
- Improve wording of workstation backup email regarding the set number.  
- Do not modify the workstation backup location 'SmbShare' during software update
- Include disk usage in Workstation Backup email.
- A new database property, OpenFilesLimit, allows customisation of 
  open_files_limit option in my.cnf. This can allow backups to succeed if a MySQL
  database has a very large number of tables.

File Server
-----------
- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file.
- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays).
- Create samba account during event for machine.
- Keep uid/gid for computer accounts in synch for Unix/Samba/LDAP.
- Fixed syntax error in create-machine-account.
- Fix samba-group-mapping for users without group membership.
- Fix cpu critical patch missing '
- LDAP admin password needs to be loaded in secrets.tdb

Localisation
------------
- Latest localisation updates applied.

Mail Server
-----------
- Require SMTP authentication by default when sending to an external address.
- Fix TLS security defaults, TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured.
- Change enabled to transparent for mail proxy.
- Enable authentication for smtp traffic and migrate if necessary.
- Fix pseudonym modification for "local network only" accounts.  
- Add smtp auth into web interface, not just when enabled.
- Fix require_resolvable_fromhost doesn't work
- Fix qpsmtpd plugin fatal errors when incoming mail message has no headers.
- Serialize configure_peers to prevent errors.
- Change authentication from passwd/shadow files to the pam database.
- New feature: Allow for individual configuration for the number of qmail
  logfiles.

Server manager
--------------
- Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel. 

Webmail and Groupware
---------------------
- Update to Horde 3.3.11, imp 4.3.9, Ingo 1.2.5 & Turba 2.3.5
- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional
  identities.
- Turba searches on LDAP address book fixed.

Web Server
----------
- Disable SSLv2 by default.
- make user 'apache' an alias for user 'www'.

Other fixes and updates
-----------------------
- Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot)
- Properly handle account with accents in first- or lastname with regards to LDAP.
- Only allow backup to (removable) storage media that are not read only.
- Improve error handling when trying to install without NIC.
- Only remove dangling symlinks in weak-updates directories.
- Fix create user gid parameter.
- Path for gpasswd command fixed in "init-accounts" script.
- Fix template-expansion for dhclient.conf.
- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup.
- Change text in hostname and addresses panel for remote host (add FQDN).
- Fix hostname editing for comments with double speechmarks
- Trap croak inside Net::IPv4Addr::ipv4_in_network to allow a FQDN to be inserted
  in hostnames and addresses panel in lieu of an IP address.
- Add validator back for ip or cname entry.
- All ibay account commands as system accounts in LDAP.
- Create ibay accounts as system accounts in LDAP.
- Use cpu commands to manage Ibays accounts if ldap is master.
- Make cpu calls critical only with ldap{Auth} is enabled.
- Check slapd.conf syntax before trying to dump the database.
- Simplify ldap-update call by calling ldif-fix
- Change script order: ldap-update should be called after domain-group-maps.
- LDAP ou field is taken from Dept not Department.
- LDAP chnages: Add rfc2739.schema back in and include in config.
- Use ldapmodify to load ldif, add -a if no changetype.
- Remove bogus junk attribute from ldif templates.
- Change startup order for ldap.
- ldap should store locked passwords for expired passwords.
- Correctly strip numbers from sql scripts
- Enable speedier time synchronisation for suspended VMs, this can be configured
  by a new db key for ntpd, SupportLargeDrift.
- Obsolete KeepAlive and replace by ClientAliveInterval and ClientAliveCountMax
  to prevent SSH sessions from being timed out by network inactivity.
- New feature: Default Cipher to blowfish for ssh configuration.
- Add directive "PersistentPasswd off" to proftpd configuration.
- Quota panel should allow non-integers but only accept uppercase units.
- Enable quotas on ext4 filesystems as well.
- Add ldap as an auth type to radius
- Radius should use LDAP backend (if LDAP auth is enabled).

General features
================

- Based on CentOS 5.6 and all available updates

$Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $

1	wellsi	1.9	SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 Release Notes
2	wellsi	1.2	===================================
3
4	wellsi	1.9	DATE TBD
5	wellsi	1.2
6			The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7	wellsi	1.9	SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.6 and will be the next
8	wellsi	1.5	major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8.
9	wellsi	1.2
10	wellsi	1.3	Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
11			tracker (and only there, please);
12	wellsi	1.2
13			http://bugs.contribs.org/
14
15	wellsi	1.3	***************************
16			Testers Please Note the following...
17
18	wellsi	1.9	1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
19	wellsi	1.5	release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a
20			dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase.
21
22	wellsi	1.9	2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
23	wellsi	1.3	will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
24			means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
25			AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
26			are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
27			Athlon XP and later.
28
29	wellsi	1.9	3. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
30			machines without contribs or other modifications.
31	wellsi	1.3
32	wellsi	1.9	4. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
33	wellsi	1.7	contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers.
34			Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.
35
36	wellsi	1.9	5. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
37	wellsi	1.5	http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
38	wellsi	1.4
39	wellsi	1.9	6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
40	wellsi	1.5	during this time you may experience problems.
41	wellsi	1.9	You can download SME8.0 Beta 7 from
42	wellsi	1.4	http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
43	wellsi	1.5	or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
44	wellsi	1.4
45	wellsi	1.3	***************************
46	wellsi	1.2
47			About SME Server
48			================
49
50			SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
51	wellsi	1.4	enterprises.
52	wellsi	1.2
53	wellsi	1.5	SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
54			is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
55	wellsi	1.2	However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
56			meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
57
58			As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
59			development.
60
61	wellsi	1.4	Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
62	wellsi	1.2
63	wellsi	1.3	Thanks and a plea for help
64			==========================
65
66			The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
67			themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role
68	wellsi	1.5	of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
69			quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
70			levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
71	wellsi	1.6	the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
72			up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
73			triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
74			please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
75			future.
76	wellsi	1.3
77	wellsi	1.9	This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core,
78	wellsi	1.5	contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
79			Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
80			latest stage of development.
81	wellsi	1.3
82	wellsi	1.9	Major changes in beta 7
83	wellsi	1.4	=======================
84	wellsi	1.9	* Require authentication for all emails, including local.
85			* Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot). UNDER DISCUSSION
86			* LDAP authentication can be enabled, but is not on by default in this version,
87			once enabled it cannot be disabled, so experiment with care.
88	wellsi	1.4
89	wellsi	1.2	Changes in this release
90			=======================
91
92	wellsi	1.5	This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
93	wellsi	1.9	by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 6.
94	wellsi	1.5
95			The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes
96			carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to
97	wellsi	1.9	shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and
98	wellsi	1.5	Fedora-associated developers are not included.
99
100			Backups
101			-------
102	wellsi	1.9	- Improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks.
103			- Localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup destination' in
104			the Configure Workstation Backup panel
105			- Improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel.
106			Replace term "USB disk" with "removable disk" as this is not restricted
107			to only USB disks.
108			- Improve wording of workstation backup email regarding the set number.
109			- Do not modify the workstation backup location 'SmbShare' during software update
110			- Include disk usage in Workstation Backup email.
111			- A new database property, OpenFilesLimit, allows customisation of
112			open_files_limit option in my.cnf. This can allow backups to succeed if a MySQL
113			database has a very large number of tables.
114	wellsi	1.5
115			File Server
116			-----------
117	wellsi	1.9	- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file.
118			- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays).
119			- Create samba account during event for machine.
120			- Keep uid/gid for computer accounts in synch for Unix/Samba/LDAP.
121			- Fixed syntax error in create-machine-account.
122			- Fix samba-group-mapping for users without group membership.
123			- Fix cpu critical patch missing '
124			- LDAP admin password needs to be loaded in secrets.tdb
125	wellsi	1.5
126			Localisation
127			------------
128	wellsi	1.9	- Latest localisation updates applied.
129	wellsi	1.5
130			Mail Server
131			-----------
132	wellsi	1.9	- Require SMTP authentication by default when sending to an external address.
133			- Fix TLS security defaults, TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured.
134			- Change enabled to transparent for mail proxy.
135			- Enable authentication for smtp traffic and migrate if necessary.
136			- Fix pseudonym modification for "local network only" accounts.
137			- Add smtp auth into web interface, not just when enabled.
138			- Fix require_resolvable_fromhost doesn't work
139			- Fix qpsmtpd plugin fatal errors when incoming mail message has no headers.
140			- Serialize configure_peers to prevent errors.
141			- Change authentication from passwd/shadow files to the pam database.
142			- New feature: Allow for individual configuration for the number of qmail
143			logfiles.
144	wellsi	1.5
145			Server manager
146			--------------
147	wellsi	1.9	- Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel.
148	wellsi	1.5
149			Webmail and Groupware
150			---------------------
151	wellsi	1.9	- Update to Horde 3.3.11, imp 4.3.9, Ingo 1.2.5 & Turba 2.3.5
152			- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional
153			identities.
154			- Turba searches on LDAP address book fixed.
155	wellsi	1.5
156			Web Server
157			----------
158	wellsi	1.9	- Disable SSLv2 by default.
159			- make user 'apache' an alias for user 'www'.
160	wellsi	1.5
161			Other fixes and updates
162			-----------------------
163	wellsi	1.9	- Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot)
164			- Properly handle account with accents in first- or lastname with regards to LDAP.
165			- Only allow backup to (removable) storage media that are not read only.
166			- Improve error handling when trying to install without NIC.
167			- Only remove dangling symlinks in weak-updates directories.
168			- Fix create user gid parameter.
169			- Path for gpasswd command fixed in "init-accounts" script.
170			- Fix template-expansion for dhclient.conf.
171			- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup.
172			- Change text in hostname and addresses panel for remote host (add FQDN).
173			- Fix hostname editing for comments with double speechmarks
174			- Trap croak inside Net::IPv4Addr::ipv4_in_network to allow a FQDN to be inserted
175			in hostnames and addresses panel in lieu of an IP address.
176			- Add validator back for ip or cname entry.
177			- All ibay account commands as system accounts in LDAP.
178			- Create ibay accounts as system accounts in LDAP.
179			- Use cpu commands to manage Ibays accounts if ldap is master.
180			- Make cpu calls critical only with ldap{Auth} is enabled.
181			- Check slapd.conf syntax before trying to dump the database.
182			- Simplify ldap-update call by calling ldif-fix
183			- Change script order: ldap-update should be called after domain-group-maps.
184			- LDAP ou field is taken from Dept not Department.
185			- LDAP chnages: Add rfc2739.schema back in and include in config.
186			- Use ldapmodify to load ldif, add -a if no changetype.
187			- Remove bogus junk attribute from ldif templates.
188			- Change startup order for ldap.
189			- ldap should store locked passwords for expired passwords.
190			- Correctly strip numbers from sql scripts
191			- Enable speedier time synchronisation for suspended VMs, this can be configured
192			by a new db key for ntpd, SupportLargeDrift.
193			- Obsolete KeepAlive and replace by ClientAliveInterval and ClientAliveCountMax
194			to prevent SSH sessions from being timed out by network inactivity.
195			- New feature: Default Cipher to blowfish for ssh configuration.
196			- Add directive "PersistentPasswd off" to proftpd configuration.
197			- Quota panel should allow non-integers but only accept uppercase units.
198			- Enable quotas on ext4 filesystems as well.
199			- Add ldap as an auth type to radius
200			- Radius should use LDAP backend (if LDAP auth is enabled).
201	wellsi	1.2
202			General features
203			================
204
205	wellsi	1.9	- Based on CentOS 5.6 and all available updates
206	wellsi	1.5
207	wellsi	1.8	$Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $
208	wellsi	1.7