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SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes |
SME Server 8.1Beta2 Release Notes |
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July 18 2010 |
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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 8.0beta6 which is based on CentOS 5.5 and will be the next |
SME Server 8.1 Beta 2 which is based on CentOS 5.9 |
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major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8. |
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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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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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Testers Please Note the following... |
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1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this |
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release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a |
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dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase. |
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2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 |
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will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware |
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means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; |
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AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors |
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are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, |
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Athlon XP and later. |
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3. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean |
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machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with |
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upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug |
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tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start |
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until Release Candidate versions are made available. |
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4. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 |
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5. 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. |
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You can download SME8.0 Beta 6 from |
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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 |
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About SME Server |
About SME Server |
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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 |
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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 beta release. At this stage in development the role |
themselves with this release. |
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of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and |
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quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all |
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levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw |
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the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, |
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up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug |
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triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement; |
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please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's |
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future. |
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This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core, |
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contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server |
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Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the |
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latest stage of development. |
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Major changes in beta 6 |
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The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling |
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reasons not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they |
1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.1 |
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want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling |
will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware |
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reason. |
means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; |
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AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors |
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Samba 3x: |
are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, |
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The Samba packages have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify |
Athlon XP and later. |
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the support needed. This version of samba provides support for Windows 7 |
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domain logins. |
2. Some notes on SME 8.1 including help on upgrades can be found at |
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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, |
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during this time you may experience problems. |
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You can download SME8.1 from |
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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 |
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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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This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out |
Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are |
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by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 5. |
not included. |
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The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes |
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carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to |
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shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and |
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Fedora-associated developers are not included. |
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Backups |
Backups |
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- Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure. |
- Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a |
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- Workstation Backup emails now include a To: header and includes the |
full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week. |
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system name in the subject line. |
- To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second |
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- Update backup instructions in server-manager. |
delay was added to the backup. This issue is not seen on the newer Microsoft |
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- The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces |
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from the hostname. |
- Allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups. |
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- Fix removal of leading slash in storage location. |
For example: config setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel -6 |
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- The Workstation backup to USB panel no longer presents mounted disks. |
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 |
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device. |
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- After a restore from the console the post-upgrade event was not being |
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performed. |
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- Add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup. |
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- 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 . |
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- Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after |
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backup. |
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File Server |
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- Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility. |
- Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots. |
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- Remove require strong key part of regedit file. |
- Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login with a new registry |
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- Backup all the samba tdb files. |
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- Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup. |
/server-resources/regedit/win8samba.reg |
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- New optional samba property smb{WideLinks}, valid values are 'no' or 'yes'. |
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The current samba default is 'no'. |
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see http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#WIDELINKS |
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# config setprop smb WideLinks yes |
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- 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 |
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- Two new optional samba properties smb{ServerMaxProtocol} & |
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For example: # config setprop smb ServerMaxProtocol NT1 |
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- 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. |
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Auditing is enabled via |
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# db accounts setprop ibayname Audit enabled |
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# signal-event ibay-modify ibayname |
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- Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays |
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- 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 |
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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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LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental) |
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- Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled. |
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- 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 |
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slapd to be to available. The logic to check if slapd is ready was |
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corrected. |
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- Add missing dependency on openldap-servers. |
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- 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 |
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- Add Hebrew language. |
- Latest translations included. |
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- Fix translation of local nic string in console. |
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- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages. |
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Mail Server |
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- Disable by default the SMTP transparent proxy, however upgrades from |
- Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98. |
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sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be |
- Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting. |
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transparently proxied. |
- Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments. |
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- Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP |
- Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS. |
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Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before |
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Auth (introduced in SME 8Beta5). |
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- Update qpsmtpd to 0.84 |
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- Config setting to enable SMTP to ISP Authentication Debug now uses |
# db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5 |
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enabled/disabled for clarity. |
# sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy |
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- Fix HeloHost patch. |
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- Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed. |
# db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5" |
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- Update email addresses on domain change. |
# sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy |
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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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# config setprop pop3s MemLimit 50000000 |
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# expand-template /var/service/pop3s/env/MEMLIMIT |
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# config setprop pop3 MemLimit 50000000 |
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# expand-template /var/service/pop3/env/MEMLIMIT |
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- New optional qmail property qmail{ConcurrencyLocal} and default for |
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/var/qmail/control/concurrencylocal changed to 20. |
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# config setprop qmail ConcurrencyLocal 6 |
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- 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. |
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- Prevent email delivery failure with required updates for perl-Net-DNS and |
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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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# config setprop spamassassin MaxMessageSize 1500000 |
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- Make CipherSuite secure by default and tls ciphers defaults to disallow |
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SSLv2. |
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- Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email. |
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- 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. |
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- Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled. |
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Server manager |
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- Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel. |
- Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager. |
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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. |
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- Remove log noise (httpd/admin-error-log) when accessing the Create Starter |
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Web panel in server-manager |
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Webmail and Groupware |
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- Updated to Horde 3.3.8 |
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- Updated to imp 4.3.7 |
- If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen |
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- Updated to Ingo 1.2.4 |
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- Updated to Turba 2.3.4 |
- Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface. |
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- Add the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book. |
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- Templated attributes.php to add ability to have multiple email |
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values for a contact. Separate entries with a comma and a space. |
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- Update to freebusy info in sources.php |
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Web Server |
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- 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. |
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Other fixes and updates |
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- Handle no network interface scenario in console. |
- Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB |
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- Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups. |
- Fix warning in /var/log/messages by correctly initialising the relevant |
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- The LDAP information for admin was not being updated. |
variable. The warning related to the HW Address of a NIC. |
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- Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP. |
- user-modify-unix script could take many minutes, it has now been optimised |
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- Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server. |
to take only seconds |
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- Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+ |
- The memory limit for pppoe was increased to 100Mb. |
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- Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules. |
- On upgrading from SME Server 7 to SME Server 8 an email could be sent to the |
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- Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos. |
admin everyday due to a modified /etc/updatedb.conf file. This update |
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- Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos. |
ensures the correct /etc/updatedb.conf file. |
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- Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos. |
- 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. |
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- Point mirrorlist to mirrorlist.contribs.org |
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- Increase memory limit for ntpd . |
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General features |
General features |
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- Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates |
- Based on CentOS 5.9 and all available updates |
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