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1  SME Server 8.1 Release Notes  SME Server 8.1 Release Notes
2  ============================  ============================
3    
4  04 July 2013  28 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 which is based on CentOS 5.9  SME Server 8.1 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.
24  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
25  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
26    
27  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.
28    a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual
29    using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute
30    within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and
31  development.  development.
32    b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in
33    the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation
34    commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers
35    your have in the field. Please, help the project
36    
37  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
38    
39  Thanks and a plea for help  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
40  ==========================  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
41    
42    Thanks
43    ======
44    
45  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
46  themselves with this release.  themselves with this release.
47    
48  Notes  Notes
49  =====  =====
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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/8/iso/i386/     http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8.1/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  Major changes since 8.0  Changes from RC 1
68  =======================  ===================
69  * TBD  
70    There are no major changes.
71    
72    Changes from Beta 4
73    ===================
74    
75    There are no major changes.
76    Update with ca-bundle.crt from SME 9.
77    
78    Changes from Beta 3
79    ===================
80    
81    Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for
82    new installations.
83    Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
84    Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present
85    one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
86    Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network.
87    Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
88    
89    Changes from Beta 2
90    ===================
91    
92    Update to CentOS 5.10
93    Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
94    Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
95    Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array of results
96    from CGI.pm
97    Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
98    when using dar 2.4
99    
100    Changes from Beta 1
101    ===================
102    
103    nodmraid is now the default install option as many issues have been seen with
104    dmraid.
105    Installer warning updated to clarify all attached disks will be reformatted.
106    SME Server changes to initscripts included.
107    Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
108    Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.
109    Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager.
110    Modules necessary to implement .htaccess have now been loaded by default.
111    
112  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
113  =======================  =======================
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118    
119  Backups  Backups
120  -------  -------
121  - 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.  - Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
122  - To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second delay was added to the backup.  - Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a
123      full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week.
124    - To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second
125      delay was added to the backup. This issue is not seen on the newer Microsoft
126      OS.
127  - Allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups.  - Allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups.
128    For example: config setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel -6    For example: config setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel -6
129    The default is -6, where -1 is fastest and -9 is optimal compression.    The default is -6, where -1 is fastest and -9 is optimal compression.
130  - In the console, under item 8, refer to removable media instead of USB device.  - In the console, under item 8, refer to removable media instead of USB
131  - After a restore from the console the post-upgrade event was not being performed.    device.
132    - After a restore from the console the post-upgrade event was not being
133      performed.
134    - Add an option to use Wake on LAN before starting Workstation Backup.
135    - Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors.
136    - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success .
137    - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after
138      backup.
139    - Workstation Backup, ensure that the pathname passed to dar_manager is quoted
140      to allow backup destinations with spaces, eg some USB drives.
141    - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1 and delete the obsolete set0
142      when it goes out of scope.
143    - Workstation Backup, do not fail backup for mtime/ctime mismatch
144    - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
145      of results from CGI.pm
146    - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
147      when using dar 2.4
148    - Don't remove the apache group during restore.
149    - Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups.
150    - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files.
151    
152    
153  File Server  File Server
154  -----------  -----------
155  - Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login with a new registry file.  - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
156    - Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login with a new registry
157      file.
158    /server-resources/regedit/win8samba.reg    /server-resources/regedit/win8samba.reg
159  - New optional samba property smb{WideLinks}, valid values are 'no' or 'yes'. The current samba default is 'no'.    - New optional samba property smb{WideLinks}, valid values are 'no' or 'yes'.
160      The current samba default is 'no'.
161    see http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#WIDELINKS    see http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html#WIDELINKS
162    For example to enable samba Wide Links    For example to enable samba Wide Links
163    # config setprop smb WideLinks yes    # config setprop smb WideLinks yes
164  - Add windows network performance enhancements registry file that can help Windows slow logons.  - Add windows network performance enhancements registry file that can help
165      Windows slow logons.
166    /server-resources/regedit/windows_samba_performance.reg    /server-resources/regedit/windows_samba_performance.reg
167  - Two new optional samba properties smb{ServerMaxProtocol} & smb{ClientMaxProtocol}.  - Two new optional samba properties smb{ServerMaxProtocol} &
168      smb{ClientMaxProtocol}.
169    For example: # config setprop smb ServerMaxProtocol NT1    For example: # config setprop smb ServerMaxProtocol NT1
170  - Remove the samba_audit specific logrotate configuration which was causing an email to be sent to the admin every night.  - Remove the samba_audit specific logrotate configuration which was causing an
171      email to be sent to the admin every night.
172  - Enable smb auditing per ibay, it is disabled by default.  - Enable smb auditing per ibay, it is disabled by default.
173    Auditing is enabled via    Auditing is enabled via
174    # db accounts setprop ibayname Audit enabled    # db accounts setprop ibayname Audit enabled
175    # signal-event ibay-modify ibayname    # signal-event ibay-modify ibayname
176  - Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays  - Prevent emailing about the normal, weekly, checks of RAID arrays
177  - Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated  - Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated
178  - 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.  - Workaround a deficiency in the proftpd package where it does not handle long
179      lines correctly in its configuration file. This caused FTP to fail when
180      large numbers of local networks were configured.
181    - Ensure Deny from all is on its own line in 15LimitLOGIN
182    - Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName, and change default
183      Workgroup and Domain to sme-server
184    
185    
186  LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental)  LDAP (Optional in SME 8.1, and considered experimental)
187  ----  ----
188  - Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled.  - Fix init-account script when LDAP auth is enabled.
189  - Fix group creation/modification when LDAP auth is enabled.  - Fix group creation/modification when LDAP auth is enabled.
190  - 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.  - The ldap.init script which starts just after the ldap service waits for
191      slapd to be to available. The logic to check if slapd is ready was
192      corrected.
193  - Add missing dependency on openldap-servers.  - Add missing dependency on openldap-servers.
194  - 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.  - The ldap log files can take significant space on servers with a lot of
195      users. This update will ensure old BDB log files are removed.
196    
197    
198  Localisation  Localisation
199  ------------  ------------
200  *** NONE ***  - Latest translations included.
201    
202    
203  Mail Server  Mail Server
204  -----------  -----------
205    - Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.1
206  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
207  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
208  - Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS.  - Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS.
209  - Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well enable the use of a blacklist to remove the troublesome methods.  - Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present
210      one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP and enable
211      the use of a blacklist to remove the troublesome methods.
212    For example to remove CRAM-MD5:    For example to remove CRAM-MD5:
213    # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5    # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5
214    # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy    # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy
215    More than one method can be removed:    More than one method can be removed:
216    # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5"    # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5"
217    # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy    # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy
218  - imap-relocate-maildirs action was removed.It was no longer necessary and was sometimes very slow.  - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.
219  - The soft memory limits for pop3 and pop3s were increased. Two new optional database properties pop3{MemLimit} and pop3s{MemLimit}  - imap-relocate-maildirs action was removed.It was no longer necessary and was
220      sometimes very slow.
221    - The soft memory limits for pop3 and pop3s were increased. Two new optional
222      database properties pop3{MemLimit} and pop3s{MemLimit}
223    For example to increase the memory limit    For example to increase the memory limit
224    # config setprop pop3s MemLimit 50000000    # config setprop pop3s MemLimit 50000000
225    # expand-template /var/service/pop3s/env/MEMLIMIT    # expand-template /var/service/pop3s/env/MEMLIMIT
226    # config setprop pop3 MemLimit 50000000    # config setprop pop3 MemLimit 50000000
227    # expand-template /var/service/pop3/env/MEMLIMIT    # expand-template /var/service/pop3/env/MEMLIMIT
228  - New optional qmail property qmail{ConcurrencyLocal} and default for /var/qmail/control/concurrencylocal changed to 20.  - New optional qmail property qmail{ConcurrencyLocal} and default for
229      /var/qmail/control/concurrencylocal changed to 20.
230    For example to decrease the local concurrecny limit    For example to decrease the local concurrecny limit
231    # config setprop qmail ConcurrencyLocal 6    # config setprop qmail ConcurrencyLocal 6
232  - Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name.  - Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name.
233  - Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers.  - Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers.
234  - Prevent email delivery failure with required updates for perl-Net-DNS and qpsmtpd.  - Prevent email delivery failure with required updates for perl-Net-DNS and
235  - New optional spamassassin property spamassassin{MaxMessageSize} to allow for spamassassin qpsmtpd's plugin size limit to be changed.    qpsmtpd.
236    - New optional spamassassin property spamassassin{MaxMessageSize} to allow for
237      spamassassin qpsmtpd's plugin size limit to be changed.
238    For example to also scan larger files    For example to also scan larger files
239    # config setprop spamassassin MaxMessageSize 1500000    # config setprop spamassassin MaxMessageSize 1500000
240  - Make CipherSuite secure by default and tls ciphers defaults to disallow SSLv2.  - Make CipherSuite secure by default and tls ciphers defaults to disallow
241      SSLv2.
242  - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.  - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
243  - Add template to extend the functionality of SSL verified certificate to IMAP and SSMTP transactions  - Add template to extend the functionality of SSL verified certificate to IMAP
244      and SSMTP transactions
245  - Update ClamAV to release 0.97.8.  - Update ClamAV to release 0.97.8.
246    - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.
247    - Removed the databytes file from qpsmtpd config to honor the maximum message
248      size settings. See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Set_max_email_size
249    - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam
250    - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
251    - Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
252    - Add keepalive option for tcpsvd for imap and imaps services.
253    - Use stunnel-tls instead of sslio to wrap imaps service.
254    
255  Server manager  Server manager
256  --------------  --------------
257  - Do not load mod_ssl for httpd-admin as it is not needed and creates log noise.  - Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager.
258  - 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.  - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
259    - Do not load mod_ssl for httpd-admin as it is not needed and creates log
260      noise.
261    - If the browser used to access the server-manager used lower case for
262      %escapes a blank screen would be shown. The server manager URL processing is
263      now case-insensitive for %escapes.
264  - 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.
265  - Remove log noise (httpd/admin-error-log) when accessing the Create Starter Web panel in server-manager  - Remove log noise (httpd/admin-error-log) when accessing the Create Starter
266      Web panel in server-manager.
267    
268    
269  Webmail and Groupware  Webmail and Groupware
270  ---------------------  ---------------------
271    - If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen
272  - If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen to the loopback interface to allow webmail to function.    to the loopback interface to allow webmail to function.
273  - Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface.  - Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface.
274    - Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network.
275    
276    
277  Web Server  Web Server
278  ----------  ----------
279  - Disable index listing of Apache icons folder.  - Modules necessary to implement .htaccess have now been loaded by default.
280  - 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.  - Disable index listing of Apache icons folder.
281    - PHP's magic_quotes are deprecated so should no longer be used. The php.ini
282      will now have "magic_quotes Off" instead of fully removing it as the default
283      is ON.
284  - Change wording of Software Update button.  - Change wording of Software Update button.
285    - Remove insecure SSL ciphers.
286    
287    
288  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
289  -----------------------  -----------------------
 - Use UTF-8 in the console.  
290  - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB  - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB
291  - Fix warning in /var/log/messages by correctly initialising the relevant variable. The warning related to the HW Address of a NIC.  - Fix warning in /var/log/messages by correctly initialising the relevant
292  - user-modify-unix script could take many minutes, it has now been optimised to take only seconds    variable. The warning related to the HW Address of a NIC.
293    - user-modify-unix script could take many minutes, it has now been optimised
294      to take only seconds
295  - The memory limit for pppoe was increased to 100Mb.  - The memory limit for pppoe was increased to 100Mb.
296  - 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.  - On upgrading from SME Server 7 to SME Server 8 an email could be sent to the
297  - Updated SME root server template as D-root changed its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.    admin everyday due to a modified /etc/updatedb.conf file. This update
298  - The console would crash when no value is entered as static gateway in servergateway(-private) mode. Improved error-checking in isValidIP() prevents this.    ensures the correct /etc/updatedb.conf file.
299  - Use file locking to make sure that only one copy of the masq script is running at any particular time.  - Updated SME root server template as D-root changed its IPv4 address on the
300      3rd of January 2013.
301    - The console would crash when no value is entered as static gateway in
302      servergateway(-private) mode. Improved error-checking in isValidIP()
303      prevents this.
304    - Use file locking to make sure that only one copy of the masq script is
305      running at any particular time.
306  - Add python-hashlib so we can read newer repodata signatures.  - Add python-hashlib so we can read newer repodata signatures.
307  - Point mirrorlist to mirrorlist.contribs.org  - Point mirrorlist to mirrorlist.contribs.org
308    - Increase memory limit for ntpd.
309    - Add an audit for groups.
310    - Set sme-server as the default workgroup and domain name for
311      new installations.
312    - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
313    - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
314    - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports
315      other than 443,563
316    - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files.
317    - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore.
318    - Remove old images.
319    - Update with ca-bundle.crt from SME 9
320    
321    
322  General features  General features
323  ================  ================
324    
325  - Based on CentOS 5.9 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 5.10 and all available updates
   
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