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1  SME Server 8.1Beta2 Release Notes  SME Server 8.1Beta4 Release Notes
2  =================================  =================================
3    
4  14 October 2013  17 February 2014!
5    
6  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7  SME Server 8.1 Beta 2 which is based on CentOS 5.9  SME Server 8.1 Beta 4 which is based on CentOS 5.10
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);
# Line 15  About SME Server Line 15  About SME Server
15  ================  ================
16    
17  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
18  enterprises.  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
19    a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
20    for SME Server.
21    
22  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
23  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
# Line 34  your have in the field. Please, help the Line 36  your have in the field. Please, help the
36    
37  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
38    
39    Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
40    simply email treasurer@koozali.org
41    
42  Thanks  Thanks
43  ======  ======
# Line 51  Notes Line 55  Notes
55     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,     are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
56     Athlon XP and later.     Athlon XP and later.
57    
58  2. Some notes on SME 8.1 including help on upgrades can be found at  2. Some notes on SME Server 8.1 including help on upgrades can be found at
59     http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8     http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
60    
61  3. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,  3. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
62     during this time you may experience problems.     during this time you may experience problems.
63     You can download SME8.1 from     You can download SME Server 8.1 from
64     http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/     http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8/iso/i386/
65     or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8     or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
66    
67    Changes from Beta 3
68    ===================
69    
70    Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for
71    new installations.
72    Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
73    Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present
74    one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
75    Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network.
76    Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
77    
78    Changes from Beta 2
79    ===================
80    
81    Update to CentOS 5.10
82    Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
83    Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
84    Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array of results
85    from CGI.pm
86    Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
87    when using dar 2.4
88    
89  Changes from Beta 1  Changes from Beta 1
90  ===================  ===================
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107    
108  Backups  Backups
109  -------  -------
110    - Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
111  - Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a  - Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a
112    full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week.    full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week.
113  - To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second  - To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second
# Line 96  Backups Line 122  Backups
122    performed.    performed.
123  - Add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup.  - Add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup.
124  - Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors.  - Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors.
 - Workstation Backup, be compatible with destinations that include spaces.  
125  - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success .  - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success .
126  - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after  - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after
127  backup.    backup.
128    - Workstation Backup, ensure that the pathname passed to dar_manager is quoted
129      to allow backup destinations with spaces, eg some USB drives.
130    - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1 and delete the obsolete set0
131      when it goes out of scope.
132    - Workstation Backup, do not fail backup for mtime/ctime mismatch
133    - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
134      of results from CGI.pm
135    - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
136      when using dar 2.4
137    - Don't remove the apache group during restore.
138    - Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups.
139    - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files.
140    
141    
142  File Server  File Server
143  -----------  -----------
# Line 130  File Server Line 168  File Server
168    lines correctly in its configuration file. This caused FTP to fail when    lines correctly in its configuration file. This caused FTP to fail when
169    large numbers of local networks were configured.    large numbers of local networks were configured.
170  - Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN  - Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN
171    - Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName, and change default
172      Workgroup and Domain to sme-server
173    
174    
175  LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental)  LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental)
# Line 151  Localisation Line 191  Localisation
191    
192  Mail Server  Mail Server
193  -----------  -----------
194  - Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.  - Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.1
195  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
196  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
197  - Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS.  - Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS.
198  - Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well enable the use of a  - Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present
199    blacklist to remove the troublesome methods.    one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP and enable
200      the use of a blacklist to remove the troublesome methods.
201    For example to remove CRAM-MD5:    For example to remove CRAM-MD5:
202    # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5    # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5
203    # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy    # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy
204    More than one method can be removed:    More than one method can be removed:
205    # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5"    # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5"
206    # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy    # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy
207    - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.
208  - imap-relocate-maildirs action was removed.It was no longer necessary and was  - imap-relocate-maildirs action was removed.It was no longer necessary and was
209    sometimes very slow.    sometimes very slow.
210  - The soft memory limits for pop3 and pop3s were increased. Two new optional  - The soft memory limits for pop3 and pop3s were increased. Two new optional
# Line 191  Mail Server Line 233  Mail Server
233    and SSMTP transactions    and SSMTP transactions
234  - Update ClamAV to release 0.97.8.  - Update ClamAV to release 0.97.8.
235  - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.  - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.
236    - Removed the databytes file from qpsmtpd config to honor the maximum message
237      size settings. See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Set_max_email_size
238    - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam
239    - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
240    - Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
241    - Add keepalive option for tcpsvd for imap and imaps services.
242    
243  Server manager  Server manager
244  --------------  --------------
245  - Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager.  - Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager.
246    - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
247  - Do not load mod_ssl for httpd-admin as it is not needed and creates log  - Do not load mod_ssl for httpd-admin as it is not needed and creates log
248    noise.    noise.
249  - If the browser used to access the server-manager used lower case for  - If the browser used to access the server-manager used lower case for
# Line 203  Server manager Line 251  Server manager
251    now case-insensitive for %escapes.    now case-insensitive for %escapes.
252  - Fix more uninitialized warnings in log (httpd/admin_error_log) from HTML.pm.  - Fix more uninitialized warnings in log (httpd/admin_error_log) from HTML.pm.
253  - Remove log noise (httpd/admin-error-log) when accessing the Create Starter  - Remove log noise (httpd/admin-error-log) when accessing the Create Starter
254    Web panel in server-manager    Web panel in server-manager.
255    
256    
257  Webmail and Groupware  Webmail and Groupware
258  ---------------------  ---------------------
   
259  - If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen  - If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen
260    to the loopback interface to allow webmail to function.    to the loopback interface to allow webmail to function.
261  - Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface.  - Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface.
262    - Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network.
263    
264    
265  Web Server  Web Server
# Line 222  Web Server Line 270  Web Server
270    will now have "magic_quotes Off" instead of fully removing it as the default    will now have "magic_quotes Off" instead of fully removing it as the default
271    is ON.    is ON.
272  - Change wording of Software Update button.  - Change wording of Software Update button.
273    - Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
274    
275    
276  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
# Line 244  Other fixes and updates Line 293  Other fixes and updates
293    running at any particular time.    running at any particular time.
294  - Add python-hashlib so we can read newer repodata signatures.  - Add python-hashlib so we can read newer repodata signatures.
295  - Point mirrorlist to mirrorlist.contribs.org  - Point mirrorlist to mirrorlist.contribs.org
296  - Increase memory limit for ntpd .  - Increase memory limit for ntpd.
297    - Add an audit for groups.
298    - Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for
299      new installations.
300    - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
301    - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
302    - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports
303      other than 443,563
304    - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files.
305    
306    
307  General features  General features
308  ================  ================
309    
310  - Based on CentOS 5.9 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 5.10 and all available updates
   
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