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- SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 Release Notes
+ SME Server 8.0 Beta 7 Release Notes
  ===================================
- July 11 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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 Testers Please Note the following...
     Athlon XP and later.
 . Upgrading from previous releases should only be done on clean
-    machines without contribs or other modifications. Issues with
+    machines without contribs or other modifications.
-    upgrading from clean SME machines can be reported in the bug
-    tracker, but detailed reviews of upgrading paths will not start
-    until Release Candidate versions are made available.
-. Some notes on on SME 8 including help on upgrades can be found at
+. 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 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 5 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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 themselves with this beta release. At th
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 themselves with this beta release. At th
  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
+ the developers attention to, insufficiently transparent system design,
- attention to, insufficiently transparent system design, up to seasoned
+ up to seasoned and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug
- and skilled users who can probe the system deeply. Bug triage and
+ triage and verification testing needs lots of community involvement;
- verification testing needs lots of community involvement; please try to
+ please try to spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's
- spare some time to this vital aspect of our community's future.
+ 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
+ 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.
  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
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 Fedora-associated developers are not inc
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 Fedora-associated developers are not inc
  Backups
  -------
- - Update backup instructions in server-manager
+ - Improve how Backup to Workstation handles full remote disks.
- - Strip spaces from Workstation Backup hostname
+ - Localise the choices for 'Select the type of share for backup destination' in
- - Fix error causing restore to report failed where it was complete
+   the Configure Workstation Backup panel
- - Check if local USB disk is mounted in backup panel
+ - Improve the wording of the 'Backup or restore' server-manager panel.
- - Fix removal of leading slash in storage location
+   Replace term "USB disk" with "removable disk" as this is not restricted
- - Add system name in Workstation Backups email
+   to only USB disks.
- - To: field missing from header in Workstation Backups email
+ - 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.
  File Server
  -----------
- - Remove require strong key part of regedit file
+ - Change separator character in general Samba configuration file.
- - Use samba3x package for windows 7 compatibility
+ - Changes in Samba's "Recycle VFS exclude" syntax (for ibays).
- - Backup all the tdb files (thanks Daniel)
+ - Create samba account during event for machine.
- - Post scriptlet fix
+ - Keep uid/gid for computer accounts in synch for Unix/Samba/LDAP.
- - Explicitly declare samba private dir
+ - Fixed syntax error in create-machine-account.
- - Fix tdb file paths to backup in run script
+ - Fix samba-group-mapping for users without group membership.
- - Add dependency /usr/bin/tdbbackup
+ - Fix cpu critical patch missing '
+ - LDAP admin password needs to be loaded in secrets.tdb
  Localisation
  ------------
- - Add Hebrew language
+ - Latest localisation updates applied.
- - Fix translation of local nic string in console
- - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
  Mail Server
  -----------
- - Fix migrate fragment
+ - Require SMTP authentication by default when sending to an external address.
- - Set smtp-auth-proxy Debug property to disabled instead of 0
+ - Fix TLS security defaults, TLS Ciphers for qpsmtpd can be configured.
- - Fix HeloHost patch.
+ - Change enabled to transparent for mail proxy.
- - Block by default the SMTP transparent proxy
+ - Enable authentication for smtp traffic and migrate if necessary.
- - Updated templates to reflect changes in imp 4.3.7
+ - Fix pseudonym modification for "local network only" accounts.
- - Update to 0.84
+ - Add smtp auth into web interface, not just when enabled.
- - add sme specific patches
+ - Fix require_resolvable_fromhost doesn't work
- - Add qpsmtpd template fragment for tls_before_auth
+ - Fix qpsmtpd plugin fatal errors when incoming mail message has no headers.
- - Remove cron.daily jobs that are no longer needed
+ - Serialize configure_peers to prevent errors.
- - Newer spamassassin imports keys on install
+ - Change authentication from passwd/shadow files to the pam database.
- - Update email addresses on domain change (thanks Daniel)
+ - New feature: Allow for individual configuration for the number of qmail
- - New option to block outgoing SMTP connections
+   logfiles.
  Server manager
  --------------
- - Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel
+ - Enhance IP address syntax checking in remote access panel.
  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
- - Update to Ingo 1.2.4
+   identities.
- - Updated to Turba 2.3.4
+ - Turba searches on LDAP address book fixed.
- - Upgrade horde templates to reflect changes in Horde 3.3.8
- - Update e-smith-ingo templates to reflect changes in Ingo 1.2.4
- - Patch that adds the ability to have a local LDAP Group Address book.
- - Patch to template 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
  Web Server
  ----------
- No updates
+ - Disable SSLv2 by default.
+ - make user 'apache' an alias for user 'www'.
  Other fixes and updates
  -----------------------
- - FreeBusy patch fix (save account changes)
+ - Use ext4 instead of ext3 for filesystems (except for /boot)
- - Handle no network interface scenario in console
+ - Properly handle account with accents in first- or lastname with regards to LDAP.
- - Patch that will remove all FreeBusy references from e-smith-base.
+ - Only allow backup to (removable) storage media that are not read only.
- - Fix ldap-create errors when adding empty groups
+ - Improve error handling when trying to install without NIC.
- - Update admin information (thanks Daniel)
+ - Only remove dangling symlinks in weak-updates directories.
- - Fix indentation in S25ldap-update script
+ - Fix create user gid parameter.
- - Don't try to save ibay password to ldap
+ - Path for gpasswd command fixed in "init-accounts" script.
- - Fix %postun typo
+ - Fix template-expansion for dhclient.conf.
- - Do not allow pool.ntp.org as NTP server
+ - Improve validation (error) message for remote access setup.
- - Prepare for obsoletion of magic_quotes* when we supply PHP 5.3.0+
+ - Change text in hostname and addresses panel for remote host (add FQDN).
- - Fix missing space causing errors parsing the iptables rules
+ - Fix hostname editing for comments with double speechmarks
- - Rework 91adjustPortForward template fragment
+ - Trap croak inside Net::IPv4Addr::ipv4_in_network to allow a FQDN to be inserted
- - Add migrate fragment for centos excludes
+   in hostnames and addresses panel in lieu of an IP address.
- - Fix migrate fragment to not throw warnings
+ - Add validator back for ip or cname entry.
- - Fix yum database removal (missing one)
+ - All ibay account commands as system accounts in LDAP.
- - Migrate MirrorList properties to sme8 repos
+ - Create ibay accounts as system accounts in LDAP.
- - Remove BaseURL properties if migrating to sme8 repos
+ - Use cpu commands to manage Ibays accounts if ldap is master.
- - Remove yum databases and repodata if migrating to sme8 repos
+ - 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 1.4 2010/03/05 22:02:58 wellsi Exp $
+ $Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2010/07/15 07:58:07 wellsi Exp $

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