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- SME Server 8.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
+ SME Server 8.1 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
- ================================================
+ =================================
-March 2012
+February 2014
  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
+ SME Server 8.1 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 5.10
- major release of SME Server.
  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
- Testers Please Note the following...
+ ================
+ SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
+ 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 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
-. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
+ Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
-    release but those who can are encouraged to load the beta to a
-    dedicated test machine and take part in the testing phase.
+ 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 release.
+ Notes
+ =====
-. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8
+. 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.
-. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
+. Some notes on SME Server 8.1 including help on upgrades can be found at
     http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
-. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
+. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
-    machines without contribs or other modifications.
-. Testers are now encouraged to test upgrade paths and to start testing
-    contribs. Please raise all issues found in the bug tracker.
-. 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 RC 1 from
+    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
- ***************************
+ Changes from Beta 4
+ ===================
- About SME Server
+ There are no major changes.
- ================
- SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
+ Changes from Beta 3
- enterprises.
+ ===================
- SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
+ Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for
- is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
+ new installations.
- However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
+ Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
- meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
+ Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present
+ one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
- As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
+ Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network.
- development.
+ Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
- Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
+ Changes from Beta 2
+ ===================
- Thanks and a plea for help
- ==========================
+ Update to CentOS 5.10
+ Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
- The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
+ Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
- themselves with this beta release. At this stage in development the role
+ Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array of results
- of testers is vital; the final release date and the stability and
+ from CGI.pm
- quality of the new version depend on full and thorough testing by all
+ Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
- levels of users, right from beginners who may be confused by, and draw
+ when using dar 2.4
- the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
- up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
+ Changes from Beta 1
- triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
+ ===================
- please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
- future.
+ nodmraid is now the default install option as many issues have been seen with
+ dmraid.
- This release, which is based on a major update of the Centos Core,
+ Installer warning updated to clarify all attached disks will be reformatted.
- contains many new features. Please run Software Installer in Server
+ SME Server changes to initscripts included.
- Manager regularly during testing to be sure your system reflects the
+ Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
- latest stage of development.
+ Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.
+ Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager.
- Major changes in RC 1
+ Modules necessary to implement .htaccess have now been loaded by default.
- =====================
- * No major changes were introduced for RC 1
  Changes in this release
  =======================
- This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out
+ Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
- by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 7.
+ 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
  -------
- - Provide support for Selective Restore with modern browsers
+ - Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
- - Remove default index.htm from Primary ibay before restore
+ - Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a
- - Allow backup reports to go to an alternate user instead of admin
+   full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week.
-   for Workstation Backups
+ - 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)
+ - 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)
  ----
- None
+ - 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
  ------------
- None
+ - Latest translations included.
  Mail Server
  -----------
- - Provide option to force the smtp proxy not to use CRAM-MD5
+ - Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.1
-      config setprop smtp-auth-proxy PeerPort <port nr>
+ - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
-      config setprop smtp-auth-proxy MD5Patch enabled
+ - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
- - Fix mail to domain pseudonyms pointing to group with dot in name
+ - Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS.
- - Fix Mail Log File Analysis reports
+ - 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.
  Server manager
  --------------
- None
+ - 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
  ---------------------
- None
+ - 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
+ - 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
+ - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB
- - Fix non-translated locale in ibays panel
+ - Fix warning in /var/log/messages by correctly initialising the relevant
- - Improve error message for quota
+   variable. The warning related to the HW Address of a NIC.
- - Obsolete smeserver-php5-cgi & php-mcrypt
+ - 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
+rd 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.
  General features
  ================
- - Based on CentOS 5.7 and all available updates
+ - Based on CentOS 5.10 and all available updates
- $Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2011/11/23 16:42:09 wellsi Exp $
+ $Id: README.txt,v 1.27 2014/02/15 04:11:53 wellsi Exp $

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