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SME Server 8.1Beta1 Release Notes |
SME Server 8.1 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes |
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16 September 2013 |
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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 8.1 Beta 1 which is based on CentOS 5.9 |
SME Server 8.1 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 5.10 |
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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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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. |
enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., |
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a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support |
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for SME Server. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and |
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. |
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 |
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. |
meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further |
As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development. |
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a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual |
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using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute |
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within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and |
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development. |
development. |
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b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in |
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the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation |
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commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers |
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your have in the field. Please, help the project |
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Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. |
Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. |
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Thanks and a plea for help |
Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, |
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simply email treasurer@koozali.org |
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Thanks |
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The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved |
The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved |
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themselves with this release. |
themselves with this release. |
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Notes |
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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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2. Some notes on SME 8.1 including help on upgrades can be found at |
2. Some notes on SME Server 8.1 including help on upgrades can be found at |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
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3. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, |
3. 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 SME8.1 from |
You can download SME Server 8.1 from |
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http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/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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Changes from Beta 4 |
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There are no major changes. |
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Changes from Beta 3 |
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Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for |
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new installations. |
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Remove insecure SSL ciphers. |
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Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present |
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one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP. |
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Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network. |
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Provide the ability to force https per ibay. |
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Changes from Beta 2 |
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Update to CentOS 5.10 |
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Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text. |
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Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup. |
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Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array of results |
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from CGI.pm |
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Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed |
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when using dar 2.4 |
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Changes from Beta 1 |
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nodmraid is now the default install option as many issues have been seen with |
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dmraid. |
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Installer warning updated to clarify all attached disks will be reformatted. |
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SME Server changes to initscripts included. |
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Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots. |
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Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98. |
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Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager. |
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Modules necessary to implement .htaccess have now been loaded by default. |
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Changes in this release |
Changes in this release |
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Backups |
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- Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week. |
- Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup. |
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- To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second delay was added to the backup. |
- Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a |
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full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week. |
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- To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second |
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delay was added to the backup. This issue is not seen on the newer Microsoft |
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- Allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups. |
- Allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups. |
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For example: config setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel -6 |
For example: config setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel -6 |
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The default is -6, where -1 is fastest and -9 is optimal compression. |
The default is -6, where -1 is fastest and -9 is optimal compression. |
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- In the console, under item 8, refer to removable media instead of USB device. |
- In the console, under item 8, refer to removable media instead of USB |
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- After a restore from the console the post-upgrade event was not being performed. |
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- After a restore from the console the post-upgrade event was not being |
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- Add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup. |
- Add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup. |
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- Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors. |
- Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors. |
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- Workstation Backup, be compatible with destinations that include spaces. |
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- Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success . |
- Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success . |
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- Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after backup. |
- Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after |
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backup. |
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- Workstation Backup, ensure that the pathname passed to dar_manager is quoted |
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to allow backup destinations with spaces, eg some USB drives. |
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- Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1 and delete the obsolete set0 |
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when it goes out of scope. |
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- Workstation Backup, do not fail backup for mtime/ctime mismatch |
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- Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array |
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of results from CGI.pm |
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- Don't remove the apache group during restore. |
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- Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups. |
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- Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files. |
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File Server |
File Server |
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- Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login with a new registry file. |
- Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots. |
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- Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login with a new registry |
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/server-resources/regedit/win8samba.reg |
/server-resources/regedit/win8samba.reg |
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- New optional samba property smb{WideLinks}, valid values are 'no' or 'yes'. The current samba default is 'no'. |
- New optional samba property smb{WideLinks}, valid values are 'no' or 'yes'. |
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see http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#WIDELINKS |
see http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#WIDELINKS |
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For example to enable samba Wide Links |
For example to enable samba Wide Links |
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# config setprop smb WideLinks yes |
# config setprop smb WideLinks yes |
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- Add windows network performance enhancements registry file that can help Windows slow logons. |
- Add windows network performance enhancements registry file that can help |
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Windows slow logons. |
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/server-resources/regedit/windows_samba_performance.reg |
/server-resources/regedit/windows_samba_performance.reg |
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- Two new optional samba properties smb{ServerMaxProtocol} & smb{ClientMaxProtocol}. |
- Two new optional samba properties smb{ServerMaxProtocol} & |
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For example: # config setprop smb ServerMaxProtocol NT1 |
For example: # config setprop smb ServerMaxProtocol NT1 |
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- Remove the samba_audit specific logrotate configuration which was causing an email to be sent to the admin every night. |
- Remove the samba_audit specific logrotate configuration which was causing an |
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email to be sent to the admin every night. |
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- Enable smb auditing per ibay, it is disabled by default. |
- Enable smb auditing per ibay, it is disabled by default. |
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Auditing is enabled via |
Auditing is enabled via |
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# db accounts setprop ibayname Audit enabled |
# db accounts setprop ibayname Audit enabled |
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# signal-event ibay-modify ibayname |
# signal-event ibay-modify ibayname |
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- Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays |
- Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays |
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- Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated |
- Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated |
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- Workaround a deficiency in the proftpd package where it does not handle long lines correctly in its configuration file. This caused FTP to fail when large numbers of local networks were configured. |
- Workaround a deficiency in the proftpd package where it does not handle long |
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- Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN |
lines correctly in its configuration file. This caused FTP to fail when |
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large numbers of local networks were configured. |
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- Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN |
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- Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName, and change default |
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Workgroup and Domain to sme-server |
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LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental) |
LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental) |
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- Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled. |
- Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled. |
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- Fix group creation/modification when LDAP auth is enabled. |
- Fix group creation/modification when LDAP auth is enabled. |
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- The ldap.init script which starts just after the ldap service waits for slapd to be to available. The logic to check if slapd is ready was corrected. |
- The ldap.init script which starts just after the ldap service waits for |
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slapd to be to available. The logic to check if slapd is ready was |
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- Add missing dependency on openldap-servers. |
- Add missing dependency on openldap-servers. |
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- The ldap log files can take significant space on servers with a lot of users. This update will ensure old BDB log files are removed. |
- The ldap log files can take significant space on servers with a lot of |
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users. This update will ensure old BDB log files are removed. |
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Localisation |
Localisation |
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Mail Server |
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- Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.1 |
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- Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting. |
- Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting. |
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- Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments. |
- Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments. |
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- Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS. |
- Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS. |
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- Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well enable the use of a blacklist to remove the troublesome methods. |
- Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present |
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one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP and enable |
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the use of a blacklist to remove the troublesome methods. |
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For example to remove CRAM-MD5: |
For example to remove CRAM-MD5: |
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# db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5 |
# db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5 |
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# sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy |
# sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy |
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More than one method can be removed: |
More than one method can be removed: |
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# db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5" |
# db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5" |
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# sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy |
# sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy |
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- imap-relocate-maildirs action was removed.It was no longer necessary and was sometimes very slow. |
- Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing. |
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- The soft memory limits for pop3 and pop3s were increased. Two new optional database properties pop3{MemLimit} and pop3s{MemLimit} |
- imap-relocate-maildirs action was removed.It was no longer necessary and was |
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sometimes very slow. |
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- The soft memory limits for pop3 and pop3s were increased. Two new optional |
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database properties pop3{MemLimit} and pop3s{MemLimit} |
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For example to increase the memory limit |
For example to increase the memory limit |
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# config setprop pop3s MemLimit 50000000 |
# config setprop pop3s MemLimit 50000000 |
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# expand-template /var/service/pop3s/env/MEMLIMIT |
# expand-template /var/service/pop3s/env/MEMLIMIT |
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# config setprop pop3 MemLimit 50000000 |
# config setprop pop3 MemLimit 50000000 |
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# expand-template /var/service/pop3/env/MEMLIMIT |
# expand-template /var/service/pop3/env/MEMLIMIT |
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- New optional qmail property qmail{ConcurrencyLocal} and default for /var/qmail/control/concurrencylocal changed to 20. |
- New optional qmail property qmail{ConcurrencyLocal} and default for |
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/var/qmail/control/concurrencylocal changed to 20. |
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For example to decrease the local concurrecny limit |
For example to decrease the local concurrecny limit |
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# config setprop qmail ConcurrencyLocal 6 |
# config setprop qmail ConcurrencyLocal 6 |
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- Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name. |
- Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name. |
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- Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers. |
- Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers. |
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- Prevent email delivery failure with required updates for perl-Net-DNS and qpsmtpd. |
- Prevent email delivery failure with required updates for perl-Net-DNS and |
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- New optional spamassassin property spamassassin{MaxMessageSize} to allow for spamassassin qpsmtpd's plugin size limit to be changed. |
qpsmtpd. |
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- New optional spamassassin property spamassassin{MaxMessageSize} to allow for |
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spamassassin qpsmtpd's plugin size limit to be changed. |
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For example to also scan larger files |
For example to also scan larger files |
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# config setprop spamassassin MaxMessageSize 1500000 |
# config setprop spamassassin MaxMessageSize 1500000 |
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- Make CipherSuite secure by default and tls ciphers defaults to disallow SSLv2. |
- Make CipherSuite secure by default and tls ciphers defaults to disallow |
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- Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email. |
- Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email. |
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- Add template to extend the functionality of SSL verified certificate to IMAP and SSMTP transactions |
- Add template to extend the functionality of SSL verified certificate to IMAP |
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and SSMTP transactions |
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- Update ClamAV to release 0.97.8. |
- Update ClamAV to release 0.97.8. |
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- Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled. |
- Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled. |
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- Removed the databytes file from qpsmtpd config to honor the maximum message |
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size settings. See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Set_max_email_size |
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- Include /usr/bin/refreshclam |
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- Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email. |
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- Remove insecure SSL ciphers. |
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- Add keepalive option for tcpsvd for imap and imaps services. |
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Server manager |
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- Do not load mod_ssl for httpd-admin as it is not needed and creates log noise. |
- Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager. |
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- If the browser used to access the server-manager used lower case for %escapes a blank screen would be shown. The server manager URL processing is now case-insensitive for %escapes. |
- Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text. |
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- Do not load mod_ssl for httpd-admin as it is not needed and creates log |
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noise. |
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- If the browser used to access the server-manager used lower case for |
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%escapes a blank screen would be shown. The server manager URL processing is |
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now case-insensitive for %escapes. |
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- Fix more uninitialized warnings in log (httpd/admin_error_log) from HTML.pm. |
- Fix more uninitialized warnings in log (httpd/admin_error_log) from HTML.pm. |
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- Remove log noise (httpd/admin-error-log) when accessing the Create Starter Web panel in server-manager |
- Remove log noise (httpd/admin-error-log) when accessing the Create Starter |
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Webmail and Groupware |
Webmail and Groupware |
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- If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen |
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- If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen to the loopback interface to allow webmail to function. |
to the loopback interface to allow webmail to function. |
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- Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface. |
- Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface. |
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- Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network. |
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Web Server |
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- Disable index listing of Apache icons folder. |
- Modules necessary to implement .htaccess have now been loaded by default. |
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- PHP's magic_quotes are deprecated so should no longer be used. The php.ini will now have "magic_quotes Off" instead of fully removing it as the default is ON. |
- Disable index listing of Apache icons folder. |
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- PHP's magic_quotes are deprecated so should no longer be used. The php.ini |
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will now have "magic_quotes Off" instead of fully removing it as the default |
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is ON. |
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- Change wording of Software Update button. |
- Change wording of Software Update button. |
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- Remove insecure SSL ciphers. |
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Other fixes and updates |
Other fixes and updates |
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- Use UTF-8 in the console. |
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- Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB |
- Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB |
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- Fix warning in /var/log/messages by correctly initialising the relevant variable. The warning related to the HW Address of a NIC. |
- Fix warning in /var/log/messages by correctly initialising the relevant |
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- user-modify-unix script could take many minutes, it has now been optimised to take only seconds |
variable. The warning related to the HW Address of a NIC. |
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- user-modify-unix script could take many minutes, it has now been optimised |
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to take only seconds |
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- The memory limit for pppoe was increased to 100Mb. |
- The memory limit for pppoe was increased to 100Mb. |
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- On upgrading from SME Server 7 to SME Server 8 an email could be sent to the admin everyday due to a modified /etc/updatedb.conf file. This update ensures the correct /etc/updatedb.conf file. |
- On upgrading from SME Server 7 to SME Server 8 an email could be sent to the |
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- Updated SME root server template as D-root changed its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January. |
admin everyday due to a modified /etc/updatedb.conf file. This update |
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- The console would crash when no value is entered as static gateway in servergateway(-private) mode. Improved error-checking in isValidIP() prevents this. |
ensures the correct /etc/updatedb.conf file. |
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- Use file locking to make sure that only one copy of the masq script is running at any particular time. |
- Updated SME root server template as D-root changed its IPv4 address on the |
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- The console would crash when no value is entered as static gateway in |
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servergateway(-private) mode. Improved error-checking in isValidIP() |
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prevents this. |
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- Use file locking to make sure that only one copy of the masq script is |
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running at any particular time. |
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- Add python-hashlib so we can read newer repodata signatures. |
- Add python-hashlib so we can read newer repodata signatures. |
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- Point mirrorlist to mirrorlist.contribs.org |
- Point mirrorlist to mirrorlist.contribs.org |
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- Increase memory limit for ntpd . |
- Increase memory limit for ntpd. |
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- Add an audit for groups. |
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- Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for |
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- Provide the ability to force https per ibay. |
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- Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks. |
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- Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports |
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other than 443,563 |
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- Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files. |
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General features |
General features |
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- Based on CentOS 5.9 and all available updates |
- Based on CentOS 5.10 and all available updates |
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