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1  SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 Release Notes  Koozali SME Server 8.2 RC1 Release Notes
2  ===================================  ==========================================
3    
4  8 October 2011  25 June 2015
5    
6  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of  The Koozali SME Server (SME Server) development team is pleased to announce
7  SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.7 and will be the next  the release of SME Server 8.2 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 5.11
 major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8.  
8    
9  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
10  tracker (and only there, please);  tracker (and only there, please);
11    
12      http://bugs.contribs.org/      http://bugs.contribs.org/
13    
14  ***************************  Download
15  Testers Please Note the following...  ========
16    
17  1. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this  You can download SME Server 8.2rc1  from
18     release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a  http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.2rc1/
19     dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase.  or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
20    
21  2. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8  Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
22     will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware  during this time you may experience problems.
    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.  
   
 3. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at  
    http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8  
   
 4. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean  
    machines without contribs or other modifications.  
23    
 5. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing  
    contribs. They are not certain to work so only try on test servers.  
    Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.  
   
 6. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,  
    during this time you may experience problems.  
    You can download SME8.0 Beta 7 from  
    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/  
    or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8  
   
 ***************************  
24    
25  About SME Server  About SME Server
26  ================  ================
27    
28  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
29  enterprises.  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
30    a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
31    for SME Server.
32    
33  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
34  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
35  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
36  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
37    
38  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.
39    
40    a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual
41    using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute
42    within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and
43  development.  development.
44    
45    b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in
46    the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation
47    commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers
48    your have in the field. Please, help the project
49    
50  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
51    
52  Thanks and a plea for help  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
53  ==========================  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
54    
55    
56    Thanks
57    ======
58    
59  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
60  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 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 verification testing needs lots of community involvement;  
 please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's  
 future.  
   
 This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core,  
 contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server  
 Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the  
 latest stage of development.  
61    
62  Major changes in beta 7  
63  =======================  Notes
64  * Require authentication for all emails, including local.  =====
65  * Optional - to use ext4 instead of ext3 for file systems  
66    (except for /boot). At the boot prompt use "ext4" or "sme ext4".  1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.2
67    *** ext4 is considered experimental, so use with caution ***     will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
68  * Optional - LDAP authentication can be enabled. Once enabled it cannot     means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
69    be disabled, so experiment with care.     AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
70    To enable: db configuration setprop ldap Authentication enabled     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
71       Athlon XP and later.
72    
73    2. Some notes on SME Server 8.2 including help on upgrades can be found at
74       http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
75    
76    3. Please note Upstream policy on Production Phase 3 for EL5. Only those
77       security updates deemed crucial are now being released upstream for EL5
78       (so also for SME8) The Koozali team recommends that you start moving
79       workloads from SME Server 8 to SME Server 9.
80       Planned EOL for CentOS 5 is Mar 31 2017
81    
82    4. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
83       during this time you may experience problems.
84       You can download SME Server 8.2 from
85       http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.2.rc1/
86      
87    
88  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
89  =======================  =======================
90    
91  This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
92  by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 6.  not included.
93    
 The package changelogs often included earlier changes and changes  
 carried out by non-SME-associated developers; these were removed to  
 shorten the list. Packages recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and  
 Fedora-associated developers are not included.  
94    
95  Backups  Backups
96  -------  -------
97  - Improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks.   - Add pkgconfig dar
98  - Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file.   - New Upstream Version of dar
99  - Localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup   - Add requires nfs-utils
100    destination' in the Configure Workstation Backup panel.   - The nfs service is neither started or allowed to start
101  - Improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel.   - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /
   Replace term "USB disk" with "removable disk" as this is not  
   restricted to only USB disks.  
 - Improve wording of workstation backup email regarding the set number.  
 - Do not modify the workstation backup location 'SmbShare' during  
   software update.  
 - Include disk usage in Workstation Backup email.  
 - A new database property, OpenFilesLimit, allows customisation of  
   open_files_limit option in my.cnf. This can allow backups to succeed  
   if a MySQL database has a very large number of tables.  
102    
 File Server  
 -----------  
 - Change separator character in general Samba configuration file.  
 - Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays).  
103    
104  LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental)  LDAP
105  ----  ----
106  - Create samba account during event for machine.   - Make pdbedit output independent from locale and timezone so it can be
107  - Keep uid/gid for computer accounts in synch for Unix/Samba/LDAP.     parsed
 - Fixed syntax error in create-machine-account.  
 - Fix samba-group-mapping for users without group membership.  
 - Fix cpu critical patch missing '  
 - LDAP admin password needs to be loaded in secrets.tdb  
 - Change authentication from passwd/shadow files to the pam database.  
 - Turba searches on LDAP address book fixed.  
 - Properly handle account with accents in first- or lastname with  
   regards to LDAP.  
 - Fix create user gid parameter.  
 - Path for gpasswd command fixed in "init-accounts" script.  
 - All ibay account commands as system accounts in LDAP.  
 - Create ibay accounts as system accounts in LDAP.  
 - Use cpu commands to manage Ibays accounts if ldap is master.  
 - Make cpu calls critical only with ldap{Auth} is enabled.  
 - Check slapd.conf syntax before trying to dump the database.  
 - Simplify ldap-update call by calling ldif-fix  
 - Change script order: ldap-update should be called after  
   domain-group-maps.  
 - LDAP ou field is taken from Dept not Department.  
 - LDAP changes: Add rfc2739.schema back in and include in config.  
 - Use ldapmodify to load ldif, add -a if no changetype.  
 - Remove bogus junk attribute from ldif templates.  
 - Change startup order for ldap.  
 - ldap should store locked passwords for expired passwords.  
 - Add ldap as an auth type to radius  
 - Radius should use LDAP backend (if LDAP auth is enabled).  
108    
109  Localisation  Localisation
110  ------------  ------------
111  - Latest localisation updates applied.   - apply locale 2015-03-14 patch from pootle
112     - apply locale 2014-12-25 patch from pootle
113     - apply locale 2014-03-08 patch from pootle
114    
115  Mail Server  Mail Server
116  -----------  -----------
117  - Require SMTP authentication by default when sending to an external   - Updated to ClamAV release 0.98.7
118    address.   - Add BuildRequires for openssl-devel and libxml2-devel
119  - Fix TLS security defaults, TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured.   - Remove Packager and Vendor from ClamAV spec file.
120  - Change enabled to transparent for mail proxy.   - Remove the patch e-smith-email-5.2.0-UEsDBBQDAAAIA-new-signature.patch
121  - Enable authentication for smtp traffic and migrate if necessary.   - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : UEsDBBQDAAAIA
122  - Fix pseudonym modification for "local network only" accounts.   - Add new zip file signatures to default mailpatterns database : ZIPVOSX & ZIPV3
123  - Add smtp auth into web interface, not just when enabled.   - Fix stunnel path
124  - Fix require_resolvable_fromhost doesn't work   - Use stunnel instead of sslio to support TLS
125  - Fix qpsmtpd plugin fatal errors when incoming mail message has no   - Modify whitelist_soft transaction to interact with dnsbl filter
126    headers.     by John Crisp <jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk>
127  - Serialize configure_peers to prevent errors.   - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail qpsmtpd
128  - Fix SMTP proxy wording in server-manager.   - Increase MemLimit to 700M for clamav-0.98
129  - Fix SMTP auth wording in server-manager.   - Remove dnsbl.ahbl.org RBL List
 - New feature: Allow for individual configuration for the number of  
   mail logfiles.  
130    
131  Server manager  Server manager
132  --------------  --------------
133  - Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel.   - Resync with upstream php53, which include
134        fileinfo: fix out-of-bounds read in elf note headers. CVE-2014-3710
135        xmlrpc: fix out-of-bounds read flaw in mkgmtime() CVE-2014-3668
136        core: fix integer overflow in unserialize() CVE-2014-3669
137        exif: fix heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail() CVE-2014-3670
138     - Resync with upstream php53, which include
139        spl: fix use-after-free in ArrayIterator due to object
140        change during sorting. CVE-2014-4698
141        spl: fix use-after-free in SPL Iterators. CVE-2014-4670
142        gd: fix NULL pointer dereference in gdImageCreateFromXpm.
143        CVE-2014-2497
144        fileinfo: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 in
145        cdf_read_property_info. CVE-2014-3587
146        core: fix incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 DNS TXT
147        record parsing. CVE-2014-3597
148     - Resync with upstream php53, which include
149        core: type confusion issue in phpinfo(). CVE-2014-4721
150        date: fix heap-based buffer over-read in DateInterval. CVE-2013-6712
151        core: fix heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing.
152        CVE-2014-4049
153        core: unserialize() SPL ArrayObject / SPLObjectStorage type
154        confusion flaw. CVE-2014-3515
155        fileinfo: out-of-bounds memory access in fileinfo. CVE-2014-2270
156        fileinfo: unrestricted recursion in handling of indirect type
157        rules. CVE-2014-1943
158        fileinfo: out of bounds read in CDF parser. CVE-2012-1571
159        fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset boundary check. CVE-2014-3479
160        fileinfo: cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check. CVE-2014-3480
161        fileinfo: cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping
162        DoS. CVE-2014-0237
163        fileinfo: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite
164        loop. CVE-2014-0238
165    
 Webmail and Groupware  
 ---------------------  
 - Update to Horde 3.3.11, imp 4.3.9, Ingo 1.2.5 & Turba 2.3.5  
 - Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional  
   identities.  
166    
167  Web Server  Web Server
168  ----------  ----------
169  - Disable SSLv2 by default.   - Disable SSLv3
170  - make user 'apache' an alias for user 'www'.   - Revert CRIME mitigation patch, as it's not needed
171     - Mitigate CRIME, CVE-2012-4929
172    
173  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
174  -----------------------  -----------------------
175  - Option to select ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems at boot prompt   - Only fire the ip-change event when IP is assigned to WAN nic
176  - Enable quotas on ext4 filesystems as well.   (Code by Charlie Brady and John Crisp)  
177  - Only allow backup to (removable) storage media that are not read only.   - When quiting the console app with unsaved changes set the default selected
178  - Improve error handling when trying to install without NIC.     answer to NO
179  - Only remove dangling symlinks in weak-updates directories.   - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
180  - Fix template-expansion for dhclient.conf.   - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
181  - Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup.   - Reset primary ibay default type
182  - Change text in hostname and addresses panel for remote host (add   - Add a migrate fragment to sanitize the host comment for illegal characters in the server-manager.
183    FQDN).     Sanitize existing hostname records, Add a validator for the comment in the hostname field
184  - Fix hostname editing for comments with double speechmarks     Code done by Charlie Brady <charlieb-contribs-bugzilla@budge.apana.org.au>
185  - Trap croak inside Net::IPv4Addr::ipv4_in_network to allow a FQDN to be     and Huib <sme@artixdesign.com>
186    inserted in hostnames and addresses panel in lieu of an IP address.   - Force SSL following ibays settings to the relevant domain
187  - Add validator back for ip or cname entry.   - Move mysql logging to multilog
188  - Correctly strip numbers from sql scripts   - Allow ntp status queries from localhost.
189  - Enable speedier time synchronisation for suspended VMs, this can be   - Avoid uninitialized variable warning from last update.
190    configured by a new db key for ntpd, SupportLargeDrift.   - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface - patch by Chris Maltby
191  - Obsolete KeepAlive and replace by ClientAliveInterval and   - Update to upstream version 2.3.4, which fixes CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252
192    ClientAliveCountMax to prevent SSH sessions from being timed out by   - Updated rsync-protocol.patch to fix CVE-2012-2251, and to apply on top of the
193    network inactivity.     CVE-2012-3478 and CVE-2012-2252 fixes.
194  - New feature: Default Cipher to blowfish for ssh configuration.   - Updated makefile.patch to preserve RPM CFLAGS.
195  - Add directive "PersistentPasswd off" to proftpd configuration.   - Added command-line-error.patch (from Debian), correcting error message
196  - Quota panel should allow non-integers but only accept uppercase units.     generated when insecure command line option is used (CVE-2012-3478 fix
197  - Obsolete magic_quotes_gpc settings.     regression).
198  - Set default timezone for php version 5.3.3.   - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
199     - Add patch for rsync3 compat (#485946)
200     - Update smeserver-release for beta1 of SME Server 8.2
201     - Set the check update frequency of smecontribs through the server-manager
202     - Add a default Yum db property for check4contribsupdates
203     - Added a check-update for the smecontribs repository
204    
205    
206  General features  General features
207  ================  ================
208    
209  - Based on CentOS 5.7 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 5.11 and all available updates
   
 $Id: README.txt,v 1.10 2011/09/29 06:11:45 wellsi Exp $  
   
210    
211    Terry Fage
212    On behalf of the SME Server development team

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