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- SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
+ SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 Release Notes
  ===================================
- August 20 2010
+ DATE TBD
  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 8.0beta7 which is based on CentOS 5.6 and will be the next
  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
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 tracker (and only there, please);
  ***************************
  Testers Please Note the following...
-. SME Server users currently on SME Server 8.0 Beta 5 have to perform
+. SME Server users should not upgrade production servers to this
-    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
+. Some notes on 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
+    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
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 triage and verification testing needs lo
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 triage and verification testing needs lo
  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,
+ 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
+ Major changes in beta 7
  =======================
- The policy is to stick with upstream updates unless there are compelling
+ * Require authentication for all emails, including local.
- reasons not to. The number of customers unable to run the software they
+ * Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot). UNDER DISCUSSION
- want because of the Samba and PHP versions constituted a compelling
+ * LDAP authentication can be enabled, but is not on by default in this version,
- reason.
+   once enabled it cannot be disabled, so experiment with care.
- Samba 3x:
- The Samba packages have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify
- the support needed. This version of samba provides support for Windows 7
- domain logins. http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server_8#Upgrading_samba
  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 5.
+ by SME-associated developers since SME Server 8.0 Beta 6.
  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
+ 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.
+ - Improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks.
- - Workstation Backup emails include a To: header.
+ - Localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup destination' in
- - Workstation Backup includes the system name and also indicates failure
+   the Configure Workstation Backup panel
-   if applicable in the subject line of the email.
+ - Improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel.
- - Update backup instructions in server-manager.
+   Replace term "USB disk" with "removable disk" as this is not restricted
- - The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces
+   to only USB disks.
-   from the hostname.
+ - Improve wording of workstation backup email regarding the set number.
- - Fix removal of leading slash in storage location.
+ - Do not modify the workstation backup location 'SmbShare' during software update
- - The Workstation backup to USB panel no longer presents mounted disks.
+ - Include disk usage in Workstation Backup email.
- - Only define Workstation Backup temporary directory once.
+ - A new database property, OpenFilesLimit, allows customisation of
- - Remove relocate_samba_file and all references to /etc/smbpasswd.
+   open_files_limit option in my.cnf. This can allow backups to succeed if a MySQL
+   database has a very large number of tables.
  File Server
  -----------
- - Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility.
+ - Change separator character in general Samba configuration file.
- - Remove require strong key part of regedit file.
+ - Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays).
- - Backup all the samba tdb files.
+ - Create samba account during event for machine.
- - Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup.
+ - 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
  Localisation
  ------------
- - Add Chinese (Taiwan) language (zh_TW).
+ - Latest localisation updates applied.
- - 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
+ - Require SMTP authentication by default when sending to an external address.
-   sme7 will retain old default behavior where SMTP connections will be
+ - Fix TLS security defaults, TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured.
-   transparently proxied.
+ - Change enabled to transparent for mail proxy.
- - Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP
+ - Enable authentication for smtp traffic and migrate if necessary.
-   Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before
+ - Fix pseudonym modification for "local network only" accounts.
-   Auth (introduced in SME 8Beta5).
+ - Add smtp auth into web interface, not just when enabled.
- - Update qpsmtpd to 0.84
+ - Fix require_resolvable_fromhost doesn't work
- - Config setting to enable SMTP to ISP Authentication Debug now uses
+ - Fix qpsmtpd plugin fatal errors when incoming mail message has no headers.
-   enabled/disabled for clarity.
+ - Serialize configure_peers to prevent errors.
- - Fix HeloHost patch.
+ - Change authentication from passwd/shadow files to the pam database.
- - Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed.
+ - New feature: Allow for individual configuration for the number of qmail
- - Update email addresses on domain change.
+   logfiles.
- - Work around how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
  Server manager
  --------------
- - Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel.
+ - Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel.
- - Remove empty <p> tag from footer template.
  Webmail and Groupware
  ---------------------
- - Updated to Horde 3.3.8
+ - Update to Horde 3.3.11, imp 4.3.9, Ingo 1.2.5 & Turba 2.3.5
- - Updated to imp 4.3.7
+ - Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional
- - Updated to Ingo 1.2.4
+   identities.
- - Updated to Turba 2.3.4
+ - Turba searches on LDAP address book fixed.
- - 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.
+ - Disable SSLv2 by default.
+ - make user 'apache' an alias for user 'www'.
  Other fixes and updates
  -----------------------
- - Handle no network interface scenario in console.
+ - Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot)
- - Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups.
+ - Properly handle account with accents in first- or lastname with regards to LDAP.
- - The LDAP information for admin was not being updated.
+ - Only allow backup to (removable) storage media that are not read only.
- - Don't try to save ibay password to LDAP.
+ - Improve error handling when trying to install without NIC.
- - Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server.
+ - Only remove dangling symlinks in weak-updates directories.
- - Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+
+ - Fix create user gid parameter.
- - Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules.
+ - Path for gpasswd command fixed in "init-accounts" script.
- - Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos.
+ - Fix template-expansion for dhclient.conf.
- - Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos.
+ - Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup.
- - Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos.
+ - Change text in hostname and addresses panel for remote host (add FQDN).
- - Enable cpuspeed by default.
+ - Fix hostname editing for comments with double speechmarks
- - Fix scriplet error in e-smith-service script when service is disabled.
+ - Trap croak inside Net::IPv4Addr::ipv4_in_network to allow a FQDN to be inserted
- - Allow use of CNAME in remote hosts.
+   in hostnames and addresses panel in lieu of an IP address.
- - Add Obsoletes for php5-cgi-{imap,ldap,mysql,pear,xmlrpc}.
+ - Add validator back for ip or cname entry.
+ - 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 chnages: 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.
+ - 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.
+ - 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.
+ - Enable quotas on ext4 filesystems as well.
+ - Add ldap as an auth type to radius
+ - Radius should use LDAP backend (if LDAP auth is enabled).
  General features
  ================
- - Based on CentOS 5.5 and all available updates
+ - Based on CentOS 5.6 and all available updates
  $Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $

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