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- SME Server 8.0 Beta 4 Release Notes
+ SME Server 8.1 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
- ===================================
+ =================================
- June 2009
+February 2014
  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
- SME Server 8.0 Beta 4 which will be the next major release of SME Server.
+ SME Server 8.1 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 5.10
- This release is based on CentOS 5.3 and all packages have been updated
- to the latest releases.
- ***************************
- 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.
- ***************************
  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
  tracker (and only there, please);
      http://bugs.contribs.org/
- Please be sure to choose 'SME Server Release 8.X'
- ***************************
- Testers Please Note the following...
-. 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.
-. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
-    machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with
-    upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug
-    tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start
-    until Release Candidate versions are made available.
-    Some notes on upgrading from Release 7 can be found
-    at 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 brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
+ enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
- ( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
+ a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
- provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
+ for SME Server.
- SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
+ SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
- and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
+ 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
+ As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development.
+ a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual
+ using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute
+ within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and
  development.
+ b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in
+ the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation
+ commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers
+ your have in the field. Please, help the project
- Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
+ Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
+ Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
+ simply email treasurer@koozali.org
- Thanks and a plea for help
+ Thanks
- ==========================
+ ======
  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
+ themselves with this release.
- 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
+ Notes
- 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
+. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.1
- verification testing needs lots of community involvement; please try to
+    will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
- spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's future.
+    means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
+    AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
- This release, which is based on a major update of CentOS, contains
+    are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
- many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server Manager
+    Athlon XP and later.
- regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the latest stage
- of development.
+. Some notes on SME Server 8.1 including help on upgrades can be found at
+    http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
+. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
+    during this time you may experience problems.
+    You can download SME Server 8.1 from
+    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
+    or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
+ Changes from Beta 4
+ ===================
+ There are no major changes.
+ Changes from Beta 3
+ ===================
+ Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for
+ new installations.
+ Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
+ Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present
+ one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
+ Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network.
+ Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
+ Changes from Beta 2
+ ===================
+ Update to CentOS 5.10
+ Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
+ Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
+ Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array of results
+ from CGI.pm
+ Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
+ when using dar 2.4
+ Changes from Beta 1
+ ===================
+ nodmraid is now the default install option as many issues have been seen with
+ dmraid.
+ Installer warning updated to clarify all attached disks will be reformatted.
+ SME Server changes to initscripts included.
+ Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
+ Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.
+ Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager.
+ Modules necessary to implement .htaccess have now been loaded by default.
  Changes in this release
  =======================
- e-smith-apache
+ Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
- - Add option to disable SSLv2 [SME: 5034]
+ not included.
- - Add OpenOffice2 MIME Types [SME: 5112]
- - Add OpenOffice MIME Types [SME: 4848]
- - Add XML MIME Type [SME: 5035]
+ Backups
- - Fix issues in patch that adds Microsoft Office 2007 MIME types [SME: 4548]
+ -------
- - Add Microsoft Office 2007 MIME types [SME: 4548]
+ - Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
+ - Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a
- e-smith-backup
+   full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week.
- - Fix DAR e-mail message with regards to incremental backups [SME: 4579]
+ - To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second
- - Fix discrepancy in maximum compression level [SME: 4841]
+   delay was added to the backup. This issue is not seen on the newer Microsoft
+   OS.
- e-smith-base
+ - Allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups.
- - Clean up stray symlinks in /lib/modules before depmod [SME: 5336]
+   For example: config setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel -6
- - Allow for different mdadm output formats for DeviceSize. [SME: 5230]
+   The default is -6, where -1 is fastest and -9 is optimal compression.
- - Auto-mount USB REV70-drive as usbdisk [SME: 5006]
+ - In the console, under item 8, refer to removable media instead of USB
+   device.
- e-smith-horde
+ - After a restore from the console the post-upgrade event was not being
- - Updated spec file to remove requires and obsoletes of php-pear-HTTP-Request
+   performed.
- information moved to e-smith-imp for both sme7 and sme8 [SME: 4821]
+ - Add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup.
- - Update to Spec file to obsolete smeserver-trean < 0.1-8 [SME: 4860]
+ - Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors.
- - Patch to conf.php template to set a blank cookie domain so that FQDN and non-FQDN
+ - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success .
- - access to webmail will work. Remove klutz template from registry.php [SME: 4787]
+ - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after
- - Upgrade to horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.2 [SME: 4831]
+   backup.
+ - Workstation Backup, ensure that the pathname passed to dar_manager is quoted
- e-smith-imap
+   to allow backup destinations with spaces, eg some USB drives.
- - Move creation of chrooted dev/urandom to spec-file [SME: 1105]
+ - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1 and delete the obsolete set0
- - Create chroot dev/urandom for stunnel to use [SME: 1105]
+   when it goes out of scope.
+ - Workstation Backup, do not fail backup for mtime/ctime mismatch
- e-smith-imp
+ - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
- - Updated spec file to require php-pear(HTTP_Request) and remove obsolete
+   of results from CGI.pm
- php-pear-HTTP-Request line. [SME: 4928]
+ - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
- - Updated spec file to require php-pear-HTTP-Request to accomodate HTML composition [SME: 4821]
+   when using dar 2.4
- - Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3 [SME: 4832]
+ - Don't remove the apache group during restore.
+ - Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups.
- e-smith-ldap
+ - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files.
- - Create bdb log directory. [SME: 3018]
- - Change ldap backend to bdb, and fix initialisation problem.
- [SME: 3018, 2859]
+ File Server
+ -----------
- e-smith-manager
+ - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
- - Fix misinterpretation of display string [SME: 5022]
+ - Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login with a new registry
+   file.
- e-smith-mysql
+   /server-resources/regedit/win8samba.reg
- - Rework log-error logic [SME: 4807]
+ - New optional samba property smb{WideLinks}, valid values are 'no' or 'yes'.
- - Fix log-error detection algorithm [SME: 4807]
+   The current samba default is 'no'.
+   see http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#WIDELINKS
- e-smith-nutUPS
+   For example to enable samba Wide Links
- - Fix another instance of ups model for new version of nut [SME: 4750]
+   # config setprop smb WideLinks yes
+ - Add windows network performance enhancements registry file that can help
- e-smith-openssh
+   Windows slow logons.
- - Template sshd login grace time, kept default at 600s [SME: 4903]
+   /server-resources/regedit/windows_samba_performance.reg
+ - Two new optional samba properties smb{ServerMaxProtocol} &
- e-smith-qmail
+   smb{ClientMaxProtocol}.
- - smtproutes template incorrectly uses brackets to avoid MX lookups. [SME: 5257]
+   For example: # config setprop smb ServerMaxProtocol NT1
- - Remove qmail-workaround and obsolete it after patch to treat 0.0.0.0 as a
+ - Remove the samba_audit specific logrotate configuration which was causing an
- local ip [SME: 5171]
+   email to be sent to the admin every night.
+ - Enable smb auditing per ibay, it is disabled by default.
- e-smith-quota
+   Auditing is enabled via
- - Remove unnecessary Mount Proc line. [SME: 4112]
+   # db accounts setprop ibayname Audit enabled
+   # signal-event ibay-modify ibayname
- e-smith-radiusd
+ - Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays
- - Fix owner/perms for radius files [SME: 5317]
+ - Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated
+ - Workaround a deficiency in the proftpd package where it does not handle long
- e-smith-samba
+   lines correctly in its configuration file. This caused FTP to fail when
- - Fix warnings in template expansion [SME: 5309]
+   large numbers of local networks were configured.
- - Fix migrate fragments for samba [SME: 4777]
+ - Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN
+ - Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName, and change default
- e-smith-turba
+   Workgroup and Domain to sme-server
- - Remove redundant 49turba_migrate_contacts template fragments [SME: 5148]
- - Fix date in previous changelog entry [SME: 4910]
- - Fix turba.sql patch to prevent creating a .orig file [SME: 4910]
+ LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental)
- - Updated template files to reflect changes in Turba 2.3.1 [SME: 4833]
+ ----
+ - Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled.
- horde
+ - Fix group creation/modification when LDAP auth is enabled.
- - Updated to Horde 3.3.3 [SME: 4831]
+ - 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
- imp-h3
+   corrected.
- - Updated to Imp 4.3.3 [SME: 4832]
+ - Add missing dependency on openldap-servers.
+ - The ldap log files can take significant space on servers with a lot of
- initscripts
+   users. This update will ensure old BDB log files are removed.
- - Exit with zero exit status for services not listed in configuration
- database to avoid failures in post scriptlets [SME: 1653]
- - Merge in SME Server /sbin/e-smith/service wrapper so that only
+ Localisation
- initscripts which exist in run-level 7 can be run. This ensures
+ ------------
- that the supervised service is run, if one exists, and protects
+ - Latest translations included.
- against running "service httpd restart" [SME: 61, 1495]
- mod_auth_external
+ Mail Server
- - Add requires on e-smith-lib so www user is created first [SME: 5318]
+ -----------
+ - Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.1
- qmail
+ - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
- - Add Scott Gifford patch to treat 0.0.0.0 as a local ip [SME: 5171]
+ - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
+ - Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS.
- qpsmtpd
+ - Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present
- - Adapt to Clamscan parameter change, fixing a log noice issue [SME: 5108]
+   one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP and enable
+   the use of a blacklist to remove the troublesome methods.
- smeserver-clamav
+   For example to remove CRAM-MD5:
- - Fix permissions on freshclam.conf file [SME: 5319]
+   # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5
- - Add HeuristicScanPrecedence option, default disabled [SME: 4598]
+   # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy
- - Obsolete e-smith-antivirus [SME: 4786]
+   More than one method can be removed:
+   # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5"
- smeserver-locale
+   # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy
- - apply locale 2009-05-27 patch
+ - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.
- - Add Romanian language [SME: 5268]
+ - imap-relocate-maildirs action was removed.It was no longer necessary and was
- - Add Estonian language [SME: 5199]
+   sometimes very slow.
+ - The soft memory limits for pop3 and pop3s were increased. Two new optional
- smeserver-release
+   database properties pop3{MemLimit} and pop3s{MemLimit}
- - Add support for Romanian (ro). [SME: 5268]
+   For example to increase the memory limit
- - Obsoletes: rkhunter to remove from default install [SME: 5172]
+   # config setprop pop3s MemLimit 50000000
- - Add support for Estonian (et). [SME: 5203]
+   # expand-template /var/service/pop3s/env/MEMLIMIT
- - Add support for Norwegian Bokmal (nb) [SME: 5002 ]
+   # config setprop pop3 MemLimit 50000000
- - Add support for Russian (ru) [SME: 5002]
+   # expand-template /var/service/pop3/env/MEMLIMIT
- - Add support for Chinese China (zh_CN) [SME: 5002]
+ - New optional qmail property qmail{ConcurrencyLocal} and default for
+   /var/qmail/control/concurrencylocal changed to 20.
- smeserver-yum
+   For example to decrease the local concurrecny limit
- - Add /etc/yum.smerepos.d to package [SME: 5305]
+   # config setprop qmail ConcurrencyLocal 6
- - Change SME mirrorlists to point to ibiblio [SME: 5242]
+ - Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name.
- - Require mailx [SME: 5131]
+ - Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers.
- - Add yum-protect-packages support to prevent removal of
+ - Prevent email delivery failure with required updates for perl-Net-DNS and
- needed pacakges [SME: 3133]
+   qpsmtpd.
+ - New optional spamassassin property spamassassin{MaxMessageSize} to allow for
- turba-h3
+   spamassassin qpsmtpd's plugin size limit to be changed.
- - Updated to Turba 2.3.1 [SME: 4833]
+   For example to also scan larger files
+   # config setprop spamassassin MaxMessageSize 1500000
+ - Make CipherSuite secure by default and tls ciphers defaults to disallow
- The following files are no longer in the ISO
+   SSLv2.
- - libdhcp
+ - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
- - qmail-workaround
+ - Add template to extend the functionality of SSL verified certificate to IMAP
- - rkhunter
+   and SSMTP transactions
+ - Update ClamAV to release 0.97.8.
- The following files were added to the ISO
+ - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.
- - aspell-ru
+ - Removed the databytes file from qpsmtpd config to honor the maximum message
- - dbus-libs
+   size settings. See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Set_max_email_size
- - perl-Package-Constants
+ - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam
- - smeserver-locale-et
+ - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
- - smeserver-locale-nb
+ - Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
- - smeserver-locale-ro
+ - Add keepalive option for tcpsvd for imap and imaps services.
- - smeserver-locale-ru
- - smeserver-locale-zh_CN
+ Server manager
- - yum-protect-packages
+ --------------
+ - Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager.
+ - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
+ - Do not load mod_ssl for httpd-admin as it is not needed and creates log
+   noise.
+ - 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.
+ - Fix more uninitialized warnings in log (httpd/admin_error_log) from HTML.pm.
+ - Remove log noise (httpd/admin-error-log) when accessing the Create Starter
+   Web panel in server-manager.
+ Webmail and Groupware
+ ---------------------
+ - If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen
+   to the loopback interface to allow webmail to function.
+ - Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface.
+ - Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network.
+ Web Server
+ ----------
+ - Modules necessary to implement .htaccess have now been loaded by default.
+ - Disable index listing of Apache icons folder.
+ - 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.
+ - Change wording of Software Update button.
+ - Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
+ Other fixes and updates
+ -----------------------
+ - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB
+ - Fix warning in /var/log/messages by correctly initialising the relevant
+   variable. The warning related to the HW Address of a NIC.
+ - user-modify-unix script could take many minutes, it has now been optimised
+   to take only seconds
+ - The memory limit for pppoe was increased to 100Mb.
+ - 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.
+ - Updated SME root server template as D-root changed its IPv4 address on the
+rd of January 2013.
+ - The console would crash when no value is entered as static gateway in
+   servergateway(-private) mode. Improved error-checking in isValidIP()
+   prevents this.
+ - Use file locking to make sure that only one copy of the masq script is
+   running at any particular time.
+ - Add python-hashlib so we can read newer repodata signatures.
+ - Point mirrorlist to mirrorlist.contribs.org
+ - Increase memory limit for ntpd.
+ - Add an audit for groups.
+ - Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for
+   new installations.
+ - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
+ - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
+ - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports
+   other than 443,563
+ - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files.
  General features
  ================
- - Based on CentOS 5.3 and all available updates
+ - Based on CentOS 5.10 and all available updates
- $Id: README.txt,v 1.2 2009/06/14 21:31:08 wellsi Exp $
+ $Id: README.txt,v 1.27 2014/02/15 04:11:53 wellsi Exp $

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