--- cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2011/11/23 16:42:09 1.12 +++ cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt 2013/11/11 04:22:55 1.23 @@ -1,229 +1,266 @@ -SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 Release Notes -=================================== +SME Server 8.1Beta3 Release Notes +================================= -24 November 2011 +12 November 2013 The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of -SME Server 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.7 and will be the next -major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8. +SME Server 8.1 Beta 3 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); http://bugs.contribs.org/ -*************************** -Testers Please Note the following... - -1. 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. - -2. 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. - -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. - -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 - -*************************** - 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. -Thanks and a plea for help -========================== +Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, +simply email treasurer@koozali.org + +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 -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. +themselves with this release. -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 +Notes +===== + +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 8.1 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 SME8.1 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 2 +=================== + +Update to CentOS 5.10 +Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text. + +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 SME Server 8.0 Beta 6. +Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are +not included. -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. 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. +- 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, be compatible with destinations that include spaces. +- Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success . +- Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after +backup. File Server ----------- -- Change separator character in general Samba configuration file. -- Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays). +- 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 + -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 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 ------------ -- Latest localisation updates applied. +- Latest translations included. + Mail Server ----------- -- 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. +- Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98. +- 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 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 +- 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 Server manager -------------- -- Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel. +- 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. + +- 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. + Web Server ---------- -- Disable SSLv2 by default. -- make user 'apache' an alias for user 'www'. +- 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. + Other fixes and updates ----------------------- -- 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. +- 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 . General features ================ -- Based on CentOS 5.7 and all available updates - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.11 2011/10/04 19:45:56 slords Exp $ - +- Based on CentOS 5.10 and all available updates +$Id: README.txt,v 1.22 2013/10/12 05:51:47 wellsi Exp $