--- cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2009/06/06 23:51:54 1.1 +++ cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2013/07/03 02:58:39 1.16 @@ -1,165 +1,169 @@ -SME Server 7.3 Release Notes -============================ - -January 1 2008 - -The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of -SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages -have been updated to the latest releases. - - -All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. - - -Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised -in the bug tracker (and only there, please); - - http://bugs.contribs.org/ - - -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. -( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to -provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. - -SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License -and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. -However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on -meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. - -As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further -development. - -Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. - - -Thanks ------- -The development team would like to thank all of those involved in -this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the -current level of support. More people are required to help with -bug triage and verification testing. - - -This release contains many new features, all released updates for -SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades -will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. - - -Upgrades -======== - -- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades - -- An upgrade will preserve the existing data - - -Changes in this release -======================= - - -Installer Options ------------------ -- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's - see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files - - -Other mail system changes -------------------------- -- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin -- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient - addresses -- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues -- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes - - -Console -------- -- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting -- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install - time - - -Backups -------- -- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media -- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore - - -Localisation ------------- -- The fr-fr browser language is now supported -- Italian translation minor update - - -Software Installer ------------------- -- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror - location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors -- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months -- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver - - -Webmail -------- -- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions - - -Server manager --------------- -- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in - serveronly mode -- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel -- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files -- Convert squid timestamp in view log files -- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no - longer invalidate access to server manager -- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip - address - - -Other fixes and updates ------------------------ -- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 -- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package -- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable -- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly -- Fixed various log noise issues -- Allow root to be key based login only -- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size -- Freshclam permissions now corrected -- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear -- Added WPAD feature in DHCP -- Fixed various perl issues -- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day - - -General features -================ - -- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates - - -There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 -====================================================================== - - -After installing for the very first time: ------------------------------------------ -- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates. -- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of - groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification). -- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day - about those changes (rkhunter email notification). - - -Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3 ------------------------------------------ -- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates -- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files - (rkhunter email notification). - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.20 2008/01/01 17:18:13 slords Exp $ +SME Server 8.1 Release Notes +============================ + +04 July 2013 + +The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of +SME Server 8.1 which is based on CentOS 5.9 + +Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug +tracker (and only there, please); + + http://bugs.contribs.org/ + +About SME Server +================ + +SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium +enterprises. + +SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and +is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. +However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on +meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. + +As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further +development. + +Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. + +Thanks +====== + +The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved +themselves with this release. + +Notes +===== + +1. 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. + +2. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at + http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 + +3. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, + during this time you may experience problems. + You can download SME8.1 from + http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8/iso/i386/ + or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8 + +Major changes since 8.0 +======================= +* TBD + + +Changes in this release +======================= + +Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are +not included. + +Backups +------- +- Add second sleep to fix MS Vista issues, patch by Terry Fage +- Allow full backup to occur on Sunday +- Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level + +File Server +----------- +- Revert previous change. +- Add ability to configure waiting for network Win7 registry option +- Remove samba_audit specific loglotate configuration +- Enable smb auditing per ibay +- Update dependency to /usr/bin/tdbbackup12 + +LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental) +---- + +Localisation +------------ +*** NONE *** + +Mail Server +----------- +- Always enable imap, listen on the loopback if disabled +- Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments +- Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS, by Charlie Brady +- Allow blacklist of SMTP AUTH methods, replaces previous patch +- Remove imap-relocate-maildirs action as obsolete and slow +- Don't use SSL over loopback +- Easier to read version of softlimit patch +- More robust version of softlimit patch +- Softlimit is now a database variable for pop3 and pop3s +- Reverse change in Template Qmail MaxMessageSize +- modify domain style pseudonyms to point to the correct user, by Filippo Carletti +- Template Qmail MaxMessageSize +- smeserver-qpsmtpd reads MaxMessageSize prop of spamassassin and adds it +to the arguments of the plugin if defined, patch by Daniel +- Revert the 2.2.0-14 change and fix properly in e-smith-base +- tls ciphers defaults to disallow SSLv2 +- Reverse changes in 2.2.0-6 and fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email, codes by Charlie Brady + +Server manager +-------------- +- Do not load mod_ssl +- Correct processing of server-manager URL +- Fix more uninitialized warnings from HTML.pm, from Charlie Brady +- Remove log noise from Create starter web site panel + +Webmail and Groupware +--------------------- + + +Web Server +---------- +- Disable index listing of Apache icons folder + +Other fixes and updates +----------------------- +- Use UTF-8 in the console, by Daniel Berteaud +- Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated +- Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB, by Charlie Brady +- Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays, +by Mark Casey +- Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled +- Fix group creation/modification when LDAP auth is enabled +- Add_template_to_ssl.pem +- Ensure existing_hwaddr is always initialized +- In the console refer to removable media instead of USB disk +- Optimize user-modify-unix script and link it in bootstrap-ldap-save +- Post-upgrades not fired after restore from console +- Correction for when DB value is lower than MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT +- Simplified patch after review comments +- Updated previous patch to avoid migrate fragment +- Increase memory limit for pppoe to 100Mb +- Template /etc/updatedb.conf +- Make CipherSuite secure by default +- D-root is changing its IPv4 address +- Wait for slapd to be ready before running bootstrap-ldap-save +- Add missing dependency on openldap-servers +- Fix removing old BDB log files +- Remove unused BDB log files +- Improve error checking in isValidIP +- Prevent multiple instances of the masq script running, +patch by Charlie Brady +- Force magic_quotes Off +- Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN +- Workaround a deficiency in the proftpd package where it doesn't +handle long lines correctly in its configuration file. +Fix submitted by Charlie Brady +- Remove previous change +- Add VRoot engine to avoid pam log error +- Add php53-* provides to provide compatibility +- Obsolete php-domxml and php-dom +- Update Obsoletes and Conflicts + +General features +================ + +- Based on CentOS 5.9 and all available updates + +$Id: README.txt,v 1.15 2012/05/22 07:46:08 wellsi Exp $ + + +