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- SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
+ SME Server 8.1 Release Notes
- ===================================
+ ============================
- August 20 2010
+February 2014
  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
- SME Server 8.0beta6 which is based on CentOS 5.5 and will be the next
+ SME Server 8.1 which is based on CentOS 5.10
- major release of SME Server. This is the final planned Beta for SME 8.
  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...
-. SME Server users currently on SME Server 8.0 Beta 5 have to perform
-    one manual step before upgrading due to the change of samba.
-    See http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
-. 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.
-. 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.
-. Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
-    machines without contribs or other modifications.
-. 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.
-. Some notes on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
-    http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
-. 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 6 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
+ themselves with this release.
- 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.
- Major changes in beta 6
+ Notes
- =======================
+ =====
- 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
+. CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8.1
- want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling
+    will not work on i586 hardware. [See bugzilla:2845]. i586 hardware
- reason.
+    means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX;
+    AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors
- Samba 3x:
+    are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon,
- The Samba packages have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify
+    Athlon XP and later.
- the support needed. This version of samba provides support for Windows 7
- domain logins. http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
+. Some notes on SME Server 8.1 including help on upgrades can be found at
+    http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8
+. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
+    during this time you may experience problems.
+    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 RC 1
+ ===================
+ There are no major changes.
+ 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
+ Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
- by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 5.
+ 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
  -------
- - Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure.
+ - Latest version of Dar, 2.4.11, for workstation backup.
- - Workstation Backup emails include a To: header.
+ - Workstation Backup allows the day of the week to be specified on which a
- - Workstation Backup includes the system name and also indicates failure
+   full backup occurs. This now works correctly for all days of the week.
-   if applicable in the subject line of the email.
+ - To increase reliability of backups to a Microsoft Vista drive, a one second
- - Update backup instructions in server-manager.
+   delay was added to the backup. This issue is not seen on the newer Microsoft
- - The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces
+   OS.
-   from the hostname.
+ - Allow user setting of compression level for Desktop and Console Backups.
- - Fix removal of leading slash in storage location.
+   For example: config setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel -6
- - The Workstation backup to USB panel no longer presents mounted disks.
+   The default is -6, where -1 is fastest and -9 is optimal compression.
- - Only define Workstation Backup temporary directory once.
+ - In the console, under item 8, refer to removable media instead of USB
- - Remove relocate_samba_file and all references to /etc/smbpasswd.
+   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
  -----------
- - Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility.
+ - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
- - Remove require strong key part of regedit file.
+ - Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login with a new registry
- - Backup all the samba tdb files.
+   file.
- - Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup.
+   /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 8.1, and considered experimental)
+ ----
+ - 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
  ------------
- - Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW).
+ - Latest translations included.
- - Add Hebrew language (he).
- - Fix translation of local nic string in console.
- - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
  Mail Server
  -----------
- - Disable by default the SMTP transparent proxy, however upgrades from
+ - Updated to latest Antivirus, ClamAV, 0.98.1
-   sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be
+ - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
-   transparently proxied.
+ - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
- - Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP
+ - Allow smtp_auth_proxy to use port 587 with STARTTLS.
-   Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before
+ - Due to SMTP servers not handling SMTP Auth well only present
-   Auth (introduced in SME 8Beta5).
+   one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP and enable
- - Update qpsmtpd to 0.84
+   the use of a blacklist to remove the troublesome methods.
- - Config setting to enable SMTP to ISP Authentication Debug now uses
+   For example to remove CRAM-MD5:
-   enabled/disabled for clarity.
+   # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist CRAM-MD5
- - Fix HeloHost patch.
+   # sv t /service/smtp-auth-proxy
- - Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed.
+   More than one method can be removed:
- - Update email addresses on domain change.
+   # db configuration setprop smtp-auth-proxy Blacklist "CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5"
- - Work around how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
+   # 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
  --------------
- - Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel.
+ - Added donation text and graphic to login page and server-manager.
- - Remove empty <p> tag from footer template.
+ - 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
  ---------------------
- - Updated to Horde 3.3.8
+ - If IMAP is disabled in the server manager email panel, IMAP will now listen
- - Updated to imp 4.3.7
+   to the loopback interface to allow webmail to function.
- - Updated to Ingo 1.2.4
+ - Webmail no longer uses SSL over loopback interface.
- - Updated to Turba 2.3.4
+ - Allow webmail access to be selected for only the local network.
- - 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.
  Web Server
  ----------
- - Default expose_php in php.ini to Off.
+ - 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
  -----------------------
- - Handle no network interface scenario in console.
+ - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB
- - Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups.
+ - Fix warning in /var/log/messages by correctly initialising the relevant
- - The LDAP information for admin was not being updated.
+   variable. The warning related to the HW Address of a NIC.
- - Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP.
+ - user-modify-unix script could take many minutes, it has now been optimised
- - Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server.
+   to take only seconds
- - Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+
+ - The memory limit for pppoe was increased to 100Mb.
- - Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules.
+ - On upgrading from SME Server 7 to SME Server 8 an email could be sent to the
- - Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos.
+   admin everyday due to a modified /etc/updatedb.conf file. This update
- - Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos.
+   ensures the correct /etc/updatedb.conf file.
- - Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos.
+ - Updated SME root server template as D-root changed its IPv4 address on the
- - Enable cpuspeed by default.
+rd of January 2013.
- - Fix scriplet error in e-smith-service script when service is disabled.
+ - The console would crash when no value is entered as static gateway in
- - Allow use of CNAME in remote hosts.
+   servergateway(-private) mode. Improved error-checking in isValidIP()
- - Add Obsoletes for php5-cgi-{imap,ldap,mysql,pear,xmlrpc}.
+   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 5.5 and all available updates
+ - Based on CentOS 5.10 and all available updates
- $Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $
+ $Id: README.txt,v 1.29 2014/02/20 04:29:58 wellsi Exp $

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