--- cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2012/05/22 07:46:08 1.15 +++ cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2014/02/23 19:43:20 1.30 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -SME Server 8.0 Release Notes +SME Server 8.1 Release Notes ============================ -21 May 2012 +28 February 2014 The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of -SME Server 8.0 which is based on CentOS 5.8 +SME Server 8.1 which is based on CentOS 5.10 Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug tracker (and only there, please); @@ -15,18 +15,30 @@ About SME Server ================ SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium -enterprises. +enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., +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 +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://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. +Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, +simply email treasurer@koozali.org + Thanks ====== @@ -36,408 +48,280 @@ themselves with this release. Notes ===== -1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 +1. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.1 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 +2. Some notes on SME Server 8.1 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 SME8.0 from - http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8/iso/i386/ + 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 -Major changes since beta 7 -========================== -* No major changes were introduced since beta 7 - -Major changes in beta 7 -======================= -* Require authentication for all emails, including local. -* Optional - to use ext4 instead of ext3 for file systems - (except for /boot). At the boot prompt use "ext4" or "sme ext4". - *** ext4 is considered experimental, so use with caution *** -* Optional - LDAP authentication can be enabled. Once enabled it cannot - be disabled, so experiment with care. - To enable: db configuration setprop ldap Authentication enabled +Changes from RC 1 +=================== -Major changes in beta 5 -======================= -The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling -reasons not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they -want because of the PHP version constituted a compelling reason. +There are no major changes. -PHP 5.2.10: is provided by the Red Hat Application Stack v2. -5.2 is needed by recent web applications such as OScommerce. +Changes from Beta 4 +=================== +There are no major changes. +Update with ca-bundle.crt from SME 9. + +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 ======================= -This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out -by SME-associated developers since 2009 where the most recent changes -to the package are dated after February 2010. 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 +Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are not included. + Backups ------- -- Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers -- Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore -- Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin - for Workstation Backups -- Improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks. -- Do not make backup fail when due to a modified file. -- Localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup - destination' in the Configure Workstation Backup panel. -- Improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel. - 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. -- Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure. -- Workstation Backup emails include a To: header. -- Workstation Backup includes the system name and also indicates failure - if applicable in the subject line of the email. -- Update backup instructions in server-manager. -- The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces - from the hostname. -- Fix removal of leading slash in storage location. -- The Workstation backup to USB panel no longer presents mounted disks. -- Only define Workstation Backup temporary directory once. -- Remove relocate_samba_file and all references to /etc/smbpasswd. -- Improved upgrade compatibility, remove .orig -- create mount point for verify -- remove comment re smbpasswd being last -- Fix mounting usb disks -- Don't backup more than once per day -- Fix full backup on Sunday diplayed as Everyday -- Add more excludes for compressed filetypes -- Porting Jean-Paul Leclere changes in the SME Server 7 tree to SME - Server 8: -- using credentials file for cifs mount -- workstation backup: add cifs credentials expand to - bootstrap-console-save -- workstation backup: allow many backups in the same day -- workstation restore: all needed backups must be available before - restore -- workstation verify: add option to check integrity of backups needed in - a full restore -- Fix DAR e-mail message with regards to incremental backups -- Fix discrepancy in maximum compression level -- Fix console backup from removable media -- Fix console restore from removable media (Federico Simoncelli) -- Auto-mount USB REV70-drive as usbdisk +- Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup. +- 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. +- To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second + delay was added to the backup. This issue is not seen on the newer Microsoft + OS. +- Allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups. + For example: config setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel -6 + The default is -6, where -1 is fastest and -9 is optimal compression. +- In the console, under item 8, refer to removable media instead of USB + device. +- After a restore from the console the post-upgrade event was not being + performed. +- Add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup. +- Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors. +- Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success . +- Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after + backup. +- Workstation Backup, ensure that the pathname passed to dar_manager is quoted + to allow backup destinations with spaces, eg some USB drives. +- Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1 and delete the obsolete set0 + when it goes out of scope. +- Workstation Backup, do not fail backup for mtime/ctime mismatch +- 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 +- Don't remove the apache group during restore. +- Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups. +- Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files. + File Server ----------- -- Gracefully handle upgrades from SerNet Samba (SME7 TO SME8 VITH YUM) -- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file. -- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays). -- Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility. -- Remove require strong key part of regedit file. -- Backup all the samba tdb files. -- Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup. -- Create/remove V2 profile directories -- Enable bindinterfaces by default -- Set recyle bin permissions -- Add registry file to server-resources to allow windows 7 to join Samba - 3.x domains -- Fix warnings in template expansion -- Fix migrate fragments for samba +- Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots. +- Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login with a new registry + file. + /server-resources/regedit/win8samba.reg +- New optional samba property smb{WideLinks}, valid values are 'no' or 'yes'. + The current samba default is 'no'. + see http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#WIDELINKS + For example to enable samba Wide Links + # config setprop smb WideLinks yes +- Add windows network performance enhancements registry file that can help + Windows slow logons. + /server-resources/regedit/windows_samba_performance.reg +- Two new optional samba properties smb{ServerMaxProtocol} & + smb{ClientMaxProtocol}. + For example: # config setprop smb ServerMaxProtocol NT1 +- Remove the samba_audit specific logrotate configuration which was causing an + email to be sent to the admin every night. +- Enable smb auditing per ibay, it is disabled by default. + Auditing is enabled via + # db accounts setprop ibayname Audit enabled + # signal-event ibay-modify ibayname +- Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays +- Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated +- 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. +- Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN +- Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName, and change default + Workgroup and Domain to sme-server -LDAP (Optional in SME 8, and considered experimental) + +LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental) ---- -- Create samba account during event for machine -- Keep uid/gid for computer accounts in synch for Unix/Samba/LDAP -- 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) -- Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups. -- The LDAP information for admin was not being updated. -- Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP. -- Fix admin user password change (Daniel B.) -- Init database if the ldif dump is empty (ie from sme8b) -- revert re-init database -- re-init readonly database on post-upgrade -- Force SSL/TLS for remote authentication -- reuse users_groups_ous.patch2 -- Separate groups and users with mailboxRelatedObject -- Set readonly access -- Fix ldap-update action script to user-lock event -- Add Groups entries -- Add admin user as a standard user -- Add ldap-update action script to user-lock event -- Add ldap authentication and tls support -- Update schema for newer openldap and remove calFBurl -- Convert ldif dump -- Create bdb log directory -- Change ldap backend to bdb, and fix initialisation problem +- Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled. +- Fix group creation/modification when LDAP auth is enabled. +- 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. +- Add missing dependency on openldap-servers. +- 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. + Localisation ------------ -- Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages. -- Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW). -- Add Hebrew language (he). -- Fix translation of local nic string in console. -- Add Thai language -- Add Polish language -- Add Romanian language -- Add Estonian language +- Latest translations included. + Mail Server ----------- -- Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5 - config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort - config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled -- Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name -- Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports -- Set SO_KEEPALIVE option on client socket to detect dead connections -- Add template fragment for pyzor timeout -- Remove spamd restart from bootstrap-console-save event -- Require SMTP authentication by default when sending to an external - address. -- Fix TLS security defaults, TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured. -- Change enabled to transparent for mail proxy. -- Enable authentication for smtp traffic and migrate if necessary. -- Fix pseudonym modification for "local network only" accounts. -- Add smtp auth into web interface, not just when enabled. -- Fix require_resolvable_fromhost doesn't work -- Fix qpsmtpd plugin fatal errors when incoming mail message has no - headers. -- Serialize configure_peers to prevent errors. -- Fix SMTP proxy wording in server-manager. -- Fix SMTP auth wording in server-manager. -- New feature: Allow for individual configuration for the number of - mail logfiles. -- Disable by default the SMTP transparent proxy, however upgrades from - sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be - transparently proxied. -- Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP - Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before - Auth (introduced in SME 8Beta5). -- Update qpsmtpd to 0.84 -- Config setting to enable SMTP to ISP Authentication Debug now uses - enabled/disabled for clarity. -- Fix HeloHost patch. -- Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed. -- Update email addresses on domain change. -- Work around how qpsmtpd tags spam email. -- Use HeloHost (if present) in smtp-auth-proxy.pl -- Allow for changing SPAM subject tag through server-manager -- Move creation of chrooted dev/urandom to spec-file -- Create chroot dev/urandom for stunnel to use -- Updated spec file to require php-pear(HTTP_Request) -- SMTPSmartHost template incorrectly uses brackets to avoid MX lookups -- smtproutes template incorrectly uses brackets to avoid MX lookups -- Remove qmail-workaround and obsolete it after patch to treat 0.0.0.0 - as a local ip -- Remove spool and log dir from package (in smeserver-qpsmtpd) -- Don't create smtpd user (unused in sme) -- Apply qpsmtpd git changesets to implement custom SPAM subject prefix -- Update pre requires so scripts don't fail on install -- Rebase bad_rcptto patch to remove orig file -- Change logging in tls init to prevent warnings -- Only run/initialize plugins once -- Change spool dir permissions and owner to qpsmtpd:clamav -- Change log dir permissions and owner to smelog:smelog -- don't add qpsmtpd to start-up by default -- add apache config file to qpsmtpd-apache package -- use rpm macros for dirs -- use a filelist for main package instead of a long list of files -- Setup logrotate for /var/log/clamd/clamscan.log -- Remove create option from logrotate configuration -- Setup logrotate for /var/log/clamd/smeserver-clamscan.log -- Fix permissions on freshclam.conf file -- Add HeuristicScanPrecedence option, default to yes -- Obsolete e-smith-antivirus -- Enable qpsmtpd RequireResolvableFromHost plugin by default, remove - database entry and the database default value -- Tie template fragment into event system to have it expanded -- Add qpsmtpd template fragment for custom SPAM subject prefix -- Remove FuzzyOcr -- Run sa-update every two hours and check restart every hour -- Redirect cron job output to logfile to avoid mail noise -- Fix invalid service name in sa-update +- Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.1 +- Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting. +- Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments. +- Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS. +- Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present + one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP and enable + the use of a blacklist to remove the troublesome methods. + For example to remove CRAM-MD5: + # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5 + # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy + More than one method can be removed: + # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5" + # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy +- Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing. +- imap-relocate-maildirs action was removed.It was no longer necessary and was + sometimes very slow. +- The soft memory limits for pop3 and pop3s were increased. Two new optional + database properties pop3{MemLimit} and pop3s{MemLimit} + For example to increase the memory limit + # config setprop pop3s MemLimit 50000000 + # expand-template /var/service/pop3s/env/MEMLIMIT + # config setprop pop3 MemLimit 50000000 + # expand-template /var/service/pop3/env/MEMLIMIT +- New optional qmail property qmail{ConcurrencyLocal} and default for + /var/qmail/control/concurrencylocal changed to 20. + For example to decrease the local concurrecny limit + # config setprop qmail ConcurrencyLocal 6 +- Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name. +- Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers. +- Prevent email delivery failure with required updates for perl-Net-DNS and + qpsmtpd. +- New optional spamassassin property spamassassin{MaxMessageSize} to allow for + spamassassin qpsmtpd's plugin size limit to be changed. + For example to also scan larger files + # config setprop spamassassin MaxMessageSize 1500000 +- Make CipherSuite secure by default and tls ciphers defaults to disallow + SSLv2. +- Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email. +- Add template to extend the functionality of SSL verified certificate to IMAP + and SSMTP transactions +- Update ClamAV to release 0.97.8. +- Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled. +- Removed the databytes file from qpsmtpd config to honor the maximum message + size settings. See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Set_max_email_size +- Include /usr/bin/refreshclam +- Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email. +- Remove insecure SSL ciphers. +- Add keepalive option for tcpsvd for imap and imaps services. +- Use stunnel-tls instead of sslio to wrap imaps service. Server manager -------------- -- Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel. -- Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel. -- Remove empty

tag from footer template. -- Only display error messages intended for admin in server-manager -- Fix css validation errors. -- display reconfigure warning once if UnsavedChanges=yes -- Fix unitialized value errors in HTML.pm +- 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 --------------------- -- 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. -- Add the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book. -- Templated attributes.php to add ability to have multiple email - values for a contact. Separate entries with a comma and a space. -- Update to freebusy info in sources.php -- Update to remove turbaContact info that SME is not using. -- Change horde's templated mime_drivers.php file so some additional - settings can be customized -- Make sure username is always saved in lowercase to horde db's -- Updated spec file to remove requires and obsoletes of - php-pear-HTTP-Request information moved to e-smith-imp for both sme7 - and sme8 -- Update to Spec file to obsolete smeserver-trean < 0.1-8 -- Patch to conf.php template to set a blank cookie domain so that FQDN - and non-FQDN access to webmail will work. -- Remove klutz template from registry.php -- Template imp's mime_drivers.php file so some settings can be - customized +- 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 ---------- -- Enable automatic redirection for /server-resources -- Disable SSLv2 by default. -- make user 'apache' an alias for user 'www'. -- Default expose_php in php.ini to Off. -- Add option to disable SSLv2 -- Add OpenOffice2 MIME Types -- Add OpenOffice MIME Types -- Add XML MIME Type -- Add Microsoft Office 2007 MIME types +- 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 ----------------------- -- Add MAC address into console network selection -- Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel -- Improve error message for quota -- Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt -- Initialize ExternalInterface db structure so hwaddr in console works. -- Option to select ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems at boot prompt. -- Enable quotas on ext4 filesystems as well. -- Only allow backup to (removable) storage media that are not read only. -- Improve error handling when trying to install without NIC. -- Only remove dangling symlinks in weak-updates directories. -- Fix template-expansion for dhclient.conf. -- Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup. -- Change text in hostname and addresses panel for remote host (add - FQDN). -- Fix hostname editing for comments with double speechmarks -- Trap croak inside Net::IPv4Addr::ipv4_in_network to allow a FQDN to be - inserted in hostnames and addresses panel in lieu of an IP address. -- Add validator back for ip or cname entry. -- Correctly strip numbers from sql scripts -- Enable speedier time synchronisation for suspended VMs, this can be - configured by a new db key for ntpd, SupportLargeDrift. -- Set the TimeZone property earlier, so templates can rely on it. -- Obsolete KeepAlive and replace by ClientAliveInterval and - ClientAliveCountMax to prevent SSH sessions from being timed out by - network inactivity. -- New feature: Default Cipher to blowfish for ssh configuration. -- Add directive "PersistentPasswd off" to proftpd configuration. -- Quota panel should allow non-integers but only accept uppercase units. -- Obsolete magic_quotes_gpc settings. -- Set default timezone for php version 5.3.3. -- Handle no network interface scenario in console. -- Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server. -- Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+ -- Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules. -- Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos. -- Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos. -- Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos. -- Enable cpuspeed by default. -- Fix scriplet error in e-smith-service script when service is disabled. -- Allow use of CNAME in remote hosts. -- Add Obsoletes for php5-cgi-{imap,ldap,mysql,pear,xmlrpc}. -- Restate smartd dependency. -- Fix gettext errors in WAN/LAN subnet error message -- Improve security by using SHA1 algorithm for certificate signing -- Fix eth? swapping -- Bump certificate encryption from 1024 bits to 2048 bits -- Add a dummy call so xgettext can pull translated $ifName in console - configuration pages. -- Translate $ifName in console configuration pages -- Prevent IP conflicts between local and external interface in server - gateway mode -- Clean up: remove unused nonetworkdrivers -- Clean up stray symlinks in /lib/modules before depmod -- Allow for different mdadm output formats for DeviceSize -- Add compiled python files to the packaged files list -- Update path for 64-bit compatibility -- Remove hiddenmenu entry from grub.conf -- adds the hwaddr parameter to probeAdapters() -- Update path for 64-bit compatibility -- Add patch (Federico Simoncelli) to prevent re-use of uids -- Fix log-error detection algorithm -- Fix another instance of ups model for new version of nut -- Template sshd login grace time, kept default at 600s -- Enable port forwards to localhost if mode is serveronly -- Adjust xml entry in locale -- Add option to limit port forwards from source ip -- Remove unnecessary Mount Proc line -- Fix owner/perms for radius files -- Fix typo in /sbin/service patch (Federico Simoncelli) -- Exit with zero exit status for services not listed in configuration - database to avoid failures in post scriptlets -- Merge in SME Server /sbin/e-smith/service wrapper so that only - initscripts which exist in run-level 7 can be run. This ensures that - the supervised service is run, if one exists, and protects against - running "service httpd restart" -- Add requires on e-smith-lib so www user is created first -- Fix regular expression to actually replace the colon with a dot -- Remove the leading path for yum in newrpms -- only unlink file if we created it -- Import only keys not already imported -- set unsaved changes in yum event -- move yum warming to sme yum plugin -- ensure file exists before unlinking -- remove semicolons from yum plugin -- Add frequency of updates toggle -- Add /etc/yum.smerepos.d to package -- Change SME mirrorlists to point to ibiblio -- Require mailx -- Add yum-protect-packages support to prevent removal of needed pacakges +- 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 + 3rd 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. +- Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore. +- Remove old images. +- Update with ca-bundle.crt from SME 9 + General features ================ -- Based on CentOS 5.8 and all available updates - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.14 2012/03/19 15:13:47 wellsi Exp $ - - +- Based on CentOS 5.10 and all available updates +$Id: README.txt,v 1.29 2014/02/20 04:29:58 wellsi Exp $