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SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 Release Notes |
SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes |
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DATE TBD |
20 March 2012 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.6 and will be the next |
SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.7 and will be the next |
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major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8. |
major release of SME Server. |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
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tracker (and only there, please); |
tracker (and only there, please); |
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are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, |
are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, |
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Athlon XP and later. |
Athlon XP and later. |
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3. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean |
3. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at |
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machines without contribs or other modifications. |
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
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4. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing |
4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean |
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contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers. |
machines without contribs or other modifications. |
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Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker. |
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5. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at |
5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
contribs. Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker. |
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6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, |
6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, |
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during this time you may experience problems. |
during this time you may experience problems. |
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You can download SME8.0 Beta 7 from |
You can download SME8.0 RC 1 from |
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http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/ |
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/ |
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or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
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Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the |
Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the |
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latest stage of development. |
latest stage of development. |
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Major changes in beta 7 |
Major changes in RC 1 |
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* Require authentication for all emails, including local. |
* No major changes were introduced for RC 1 |
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* Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot). UNDER DISCUSSION |
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* LDAP authentication can be enabled, but is not on by default in this version, |
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once enabled it cannot be disabled, so experiment with care. |
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Changes in this release |
Changes in this release |
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This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out |
This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out |
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by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 6. |
by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 7. |
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The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes |
The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes |
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carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to |
carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to |
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Backups |
Backups |
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- Improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks. |
- Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers |
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- Localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup destination' in |
- Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore |
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the Configure Workstation Backup panel |
- Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin |
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- Improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel. |
for Workstation Backups |
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Replace term "USB disk" with "removable disk" as this is not restricted |
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to only USB disks. |
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- Improve wording of workstation backup email regarding the set number. |
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- Do not modify the workstation backup location 'SmbShare' during software update |
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- Include disk usage in Workstation Backup email. |
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- A new database property, OpenFilesLimit, allows customisation of |
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open_files_limit option in my.cnf. This can allow backups to succeed if a MySQL |
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database has a very large number of tables. |
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File Server |
File Server |
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- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file. |
- Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM) |
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- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays). |
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- Create samba account during event for machine. |
LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental) |
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- Keep uid/gid for computer accounts in synch for Unix/Samba/LDAP. |
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- Fixed syntax error in create-machine-account. |
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- Fix samba-group-mapping for users without group membership. |
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- Fix cpu critical patch missing ' |
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- LDAP admin password needs to be loaded in secrets.tdb |
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Localisation |
Localisation |
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- Latest localisation updates applied. |
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Mail Server |
Mail Server |
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- Require SMTP authentication by default when sending to an external address. |
- Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5 |
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- Fix TLS security defaults, TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured. |
config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort <port nr> |
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- Change enabled to transparent for mail proxy. |
config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled |
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- Enable authentication for smtp traffic and migrate if necessary. |
- Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name |
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- Fix pseudonym modification for "local network only" accounts. |
- Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports |
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- Fix require_resolvable_fromhost doesn't work |
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- Fix qpsmtpd plugin fatal errors when incoming mail message has no headers. |
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- Serialize configure_peers to prevent errors. |
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- Change authentication from passwd/shadow files to the pam database. |
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- New feature: Allow for individual configuration for the number of qmail |
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logfiles. |
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Server manager |
Server manager |
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- Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel. |
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Webmail and Groupware |
Webmail and Groupware |
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- Update to Horde 3.3.11, imp 4.3.9, Ingo 1.2.5 & Turba 2.3.5 |
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- Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional |
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identities. |
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- Turba searches on LDAP address book fixed. |
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Web Server |
Web Server |
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- Disable SSLv2 by default. |
- Enable automatic redirection for /server-resources |
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Other fixes and updates |
Other fixes and updates |
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- Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot) |
- Add MAC address into console network selection |
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- Properly handle account with accents in first- or lastname with regards to LDAP. |
- Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel |
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- Only allow backup to (removable) storage media that are not read only. |
- Improve error message for quota |
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- Improve error handling when trying to install without NIC. |
- Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt |
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- Only remove dangling symlinks in weak-updates directories. |
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- Fix create user gid parameter. |
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- Path for gpasswd command fixed in "init-accounts" script. |
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- Fix template-expansion for dhclient.conf. |
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- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup. |
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- Change text in hostname and addresses panel for remote host (add FQDN). |
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- Fix hostname editing for comments with double speechmarks |
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- Trap croak inside Net::IPv4Addr::ipv4_in_network to allow a FQDN to be inserted |
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in hostnames and addresses panel in lieu of an IP address. |
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- Add validator back for ip or cname entry. |
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- All ibay account commands as system accounts in LDAP. |
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- Create ibay accounts as system accounts in LDAP. |
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- Use cpu commands to manage Ibays accounts if ldap is master. |
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- Make cpu calls critical only with ldap{Auth} is enabled. |
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- Check slapd.conf syntax before trying to dump the database. |
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- Simplify ldap-update call by calling ldif-fix |
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- Change script order: ldap-update should be called after domain-group-maps. |
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- LDAP ou field is taken from Dept not Department. |
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- LDAP chnages: Add rfc2739.schema back in and include in config. |
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- Use ldapmodify to load ldif, add -a if no changetype. |
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- Remove bogus junk attribute from ldif templates. |
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- Change startup order for ldap. |
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- ldap should store locked passwords for expired passwords. |
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- Correctly strip numbers from sql scripts |
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- Enable speedier time synchronisation for suspended VMs, this can be configured |
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by a new db key for ntpd, SupportLargeDrift. |
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- Obsolete KeepAlive and replace by ClientAliveInterval and ClientAliveCountMax |
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to prevent SSH sessions from being timed out by network inactivity. |
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- New feature: Default Cipher to blowfish for ssh configuration. |
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- Add directive "PersistentPasswd off" to proftpd configuration. |
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- Quota panel should allow non-integers but only accept uppercase units. |
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- Enable quotas on ext4 filesystems as well. |
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- Add ldap as an auth type to radius |
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- Radius should use LDAP backend (if LDAP auth is enabled). |
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General features |
General features |
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- Based on CentOS 5.6 and all available updates |
- Based on CentOS 5.7 and all available updates |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2011/11/23 16:42:09 wellsi Exp $ |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $ |
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