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1 wellsi 1.11 SME Server 9.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
2     ================================================
3 slords 1.1
4 wellsi 1.11 12th May 2014
5 slords 1.1
6     The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7 wellsi 1.11 SME Server 9.0 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 6.5.
8 slords 1.1
9     Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
10     tracker (and only there, please);
11    
12     http://bugs.contribs.org/
13    
14 wellsi 1.10
15     Download
16     ========
17    
18 wellsi 1.11 You can download SME Server 9.0 RC 1 from
19     http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0rc1/iso/x86_64/
20 wellsi 1.10 or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
21     Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
22     during this time you may experience problems.
23    
24    
25 slords 1.1 About SME Server
26     ================
27    
28     SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
29 wellsi 1.10 enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
30     a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
31 wellsi 1.5 for SME Server.
32 slords 1.1
33     SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
34     is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
35     However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
36     meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
37    
38 wellsi 1.4 As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development.
39     a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual
40     using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute
41     within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and
42 slords 1.1 development.
43 wellsi 1.4 b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in
44     the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation
45     commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers
46     your have in the field. Please, help the project
47 slords 1.1
48     Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
49    
50 wellsi 1.10 Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
51 wellsi 1.5 simply email treasurer@koozali.org
52    
53    
54 slords 1.1 Thanks
55     ======
56    
57     The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
58     themselves with this release.
59    
60 wellsi 1.10
61 slords 1.1 Notes
62     =====
63    
64 wellsi 1.11 /boot partition is always RAID 1.
65     The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
66 slords 1.1
67 wellsi 1.4 Major changes in this release
68     =============================
69 slords 1.1
70 wellsi 1.11 This section will be further updated in a later release.
71 slords 1.1
72 wellsi 1.11 Allow workstation backup to mounted drive.
73 slords 1.1
74     Changes in this release
75     =======================
76    
77 wellsi 1.11 This section will be further updated in a later release.
78 wellsi 1.4 Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is
79     autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be
80 wellsi 1.6 written.
81 wellsi 1.4
82    
83     Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
84     not included.
85    
86    
87     Backups
88     -------
89 wellsi 1.7 - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default
90     in line with console backup.
91 wellsi 1.6 - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
92 wellsi 1.10 of results from CGI.pm.
93 wellsi 1.6 - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
94 wellsi 1.10 when using dar 2.4.
95     - Simplify the workstation backup report.
96     - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1.
97     - Update the text in the Backup panel.
98     - Allow more time for cifs mounts before reporting errors.
99 wellsi 1.6 - Dar updated to 2.4.10.
100 wellsi 1.4 - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after
101     backup.
102     - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success.
103     - Refactor directory tree creation and removal.
104     - Workstation Backup, inconsistent formatting of host share name in messages.
105     - Workstation Backup, more reliable catalog creation.
106     - Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors.
107     - Workstation Backup, do not access /proc/mounts
108     - Incremental backup fix.
109     - Workstation Backup, allow spaces in the backup destination.
110     Includes fix for disk usage broken with spaces.
111     - Desktop Backup, allow user setting of compression level.
112     - Use Wake on LAN before starting Backup with DAR.
113     - NFS syntax is deprecated for CIFS mount.
114     - Require cifs-utils and use UNC paths for cifs mount.
115     - Improve text in console backup for success and failure.
116     - Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level.
117     Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default.
118 wellsi 1.8 - Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape
119     will succeed.
120 wellsi 1.10 - Update to the latest version of console restore.
121 wellsi 1.8 - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set.
122 wellsi 1.10 - Delete items from dar catalog in descending order
123 wellsi 1.8 - Minor non-functional updates based on PerlCritic and review comments
124 wellsi 1.10 - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
125     - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files
126     - Remove migrate fragment 30vfstype
127     - Workstation Backup, Don't delete old sets, only empty them.
128     - Workstation Backup, Mail and WOL now subroutines
129     - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory, updated.
130     - Workstation Backup, backupname includes seconds.
131 wellsi 1.8 - Simplification of the time routines.
132 wellsi 1.10 - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory.
133     - Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present
134     - Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog
135 wellsi 1.11 - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /
136     - Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups
137 wellsi 1.8
138 wellsi 1.4
139     File Server
140     -----------
141     - Also remove the empty template-begin file in pam.d/proftpd templates.
142     - Remove unused pam templates.
143     - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
144     - Add template for wide links.
145     - Add templates for max protocol.
146     - Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login.
147     - Add windows network performance enhancements registry file.
148     - Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName
149     - Add ability to configure waiting for network Win7 registry option.
150     - Change default Workgroup and Domain to sme-server.
151     - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint
152 wellsi 1.5 authentication.
153 wellsi 1.8 - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
154 wellsi 1.10 - Remove 20smb as migrating from pre-SME7 is not supported
155 wellsi 1.4
156     LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental)
157     ----
158 wellsi 1.6 - Adjust slapd ACL to change dn.subtree to dn.children.
159 wellsi 1.4
160     Localisation
161     ------------
162     - Latest translations included.
163    
164     Mail Server
165     -----------
166 wellsi 1.6 - Only present one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
167 wellsi 1.10 - Remove limit properties from the imaps DB entry.
168 wellsi 1.7 - Apply process limits to dovecot.
169 wellsi 1.10 - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam
170     - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
171     - Fix handling of messages with no body and no trailing \n after
172     headers (eq was used in attempted assignment).
173 wellsi 1.4 - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
174     - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled.
175     - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
176     - Simplify qmail concurrency templates.
177     - Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name.
178     - Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers.
179     - Fix Net::DNS update breaks qpsmtpd.
180     - allows the spamassassin plugin to read the size limit from its
181     arguments
182     - Move clamscan scheduling to complete before 99-raid-check.
183     - Listen on loopback if disabled.
184     - Fix permissions on imapd.pem as it's used by pop3s.
185     - Do not obsolete bglibs, it's required for cvm.
186     - Allow plaintext (unless explicitly disabled).
187     - Do not obsolete cvm, it's still needed for qpsmtpd.
188     - Fix size_limit initialization.
189     - reads MaxMessageSize prop of spamassassin and adds it
190     to the arguments of the plugin if defined.
191     - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local.
192     - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.
193     - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
194 wellsi 1.10 - Remove Packager and Vendor from spec file.
195     - Revert last change.
196     - Sources are local, do not download them.
197     - Updates to release 0.98.1
198 wellsi 1.8 - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.
199 wellsi 1.10 - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail
200     - Remove insecure ciphers
201     - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email
202 wellsi 1.8 - Fix whitespace in 10required_score
203 wellsi 1.11 - Update SBL and RBL Lists
204 wellsi 1.4
205     Server manager
206     --------------
207     - Renew donation text in server-manager.
208     - Do not load mod_ssl.
209     - Remove log noise from Create starter web site panel.
210 wellsi 1.5 - Add security fix for CVE-2013-4113.
211     - Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager.
212     - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
213     - Change wording of Software Update button.
214 wellsi 1.10 - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
215 wellsi 1.8 - Remove references to obsolete images, by Stephane de Labrusse
216 wellsi 1.9 - Fix new starter website.
217 wellsi 1.10 - Update location of Primary index.html.
218 wellsi 1.4
219     Webmail and Groupware
220     ---------------------
221 wellsi 1.10 - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
222 wellsi 1.4 - Don't use SSL over loopback.
223 wellsi 1.10 - Replace last change with a default value for horde access
224     - Ensure initialisation of variables in webmail-only-local-network.
225 wellsi 1.4
226     Web Server
227     ----------
228     - Force magic_quotes Off.
229 wellsi 1.10 - Remove insecure ciphers
230 wellsi 1.4
231     Other fixes and updates
232     -----------------------
233 wellsi 1.9 - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.
234 wellsi 1.6 - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.
235     - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.
236 wellsi 1.10 - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.
237 wellsi 1.6 - Remove the "swap interface" feature.
238     - Remove obsolete VLAN code.
239 wellsi 1.10 - Load the bonding module if NIC bonding is enabled.
240     - Define the udev-post service in the DB.
241 wellsi 1.7 - Provide the ability to restrict ibay access to http.
242 wellsi 1.10 - Restart rsyslog in logrotate event.
243     - Set smb ServerName if unset.
244     - Don't reload init in bootstrap-console-save and console-save.
245 wellsi 1.6 - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.
246 wellsi 1.10 - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
247 wellsi 1.6 - Add an audit for groups.
248 wellsi 1.4 - Update the full names of users added in %pre.
249     - Fix uid and gid to be the same for the users added in %pre.
250     - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.
251     - Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected
252     ibay.
253     - Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated.
254     - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB.
255     - Fix group creation when LDAP auth is enabled.
256     - Disable IPv6 on a default install.
257     - Continue escaping control chars in rsyslog, just replace LF with space.
258     - Use UTF-8 in the console.
259     - Remove redundant parts of init-accounts.
260     - Add_template_to_ssl.pem, codes by JP Pialasse.
261     - Require diald.
262     - Removal of rc.e-smith now functionality is in e-smith-service.
263     - Replacement of rc.e-smith by moving code into e-smith-service.
264     - Fix the way '.' works in bash.
265     - rename /etc/ldap.conf to /etc/pam_ldap.conf (and same for .secret).
266     - Always define InternalInterface NICBonding.
267     - In the console refer to removable media instead of USB disk.
268     - Fix a few more syslog => rsyslog items.
269     - Remove modprobe stuff.
270     - Don't be as agressive on rate limiting.
271     - Change syslog templates to rsyslog.
272     - Ensure existing_hwaddr is always initialized.
273     - Change System Name from mitel-networks-server to sme-server.
274     - Patch to remove symlink to Primary ibay from /home/e-smith/files/primary.
275     - Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected
276     ibay.
277     - Correctly display accented letters in the console.
278     - Add e-smith as a Requires(pre) and remove adding users in %pre.
279     - Fix uid and gid to be the same in create-system-user.
280     - Ignore mysql.event table.
281     - Use --single-transaction in mysql-dump-tables.
282     - Use mysql_upgrade instead of fix_privilege_tables.
283     - Increase memory limit for ntp.
284     - Make rsyslog listen to our socket.
285     - Remove rc.quota_create.
286     - the config file is radiusclient.conf, not radiusclient-ng.conf.
287     - Add templates for radiusclient-ng.conf file to remove binaddr
288     directive.
289     - Add directive to options.pptpd so that radius plugin can find the
290     radiusclient configuration file..
291     - Fix permissions of /etc/radiusclient-ng/servers.
292     - Add hack for running rc7.d script during runlevel 4.
293     - Apply SME Server config file changes to pwauth.
294     - Fix libgomp obsoletes to not obsolete el6 version.
295     - Change order of mail options in check4updates.
296 wellsi 1.5 - Fix parsing issues with "manage RAID" menu option in the console.
297     - Remove SSH v1 legacy support.
298     - Support nolvm boot option.
299     - Create degraded RAID1 array with single disk install.
300     - nodmraid is the default for SME 9.0 installs.
301     - Give more time to the grub menu.
302     - Update installer hard drive warning.
303     - Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install.
304     - Run installer in 'text' mode.
305 wellsi 1.10 - Roll new stream to really remove obsolete images
306     - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
307     - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
308     - Remove support.pl from e-smith-base and move to smeserver-support
309     - Console restore should reboot
310     - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set
311     - Add restore backup as a console item for freshly installed servers
312 wellsi 1.8 - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm
313 wellsi 1.10 - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore
314     - Remove insecure SSL ciphers
315     - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands
316     - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
317     - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
318     - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
319     - Update frame header and footer
320     - Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth
321     - Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1
322 wellsi 1.8 - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
323 wellsi 1.10 - Code by Jesper Holck
324     - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than
325 wellsi 1.8 443,563 using db command
326     - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells
327     - Add -n 1 to the dmesg line in rc.sysinit to prevent unwanted messages
328 wellsi 1.10 appearing on the console
329     - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file
330 wellsi 1.8 - Remove CentOS Branding patch
331 wellsi 1.10 - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files
332     - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
333     - Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support
334 wellsi 1.8 - The console license page now uses dialog's textbox.
335 wellsi 1.9 - Ensure console is run with taint checking.
336 wellsi 1.11 - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
337     - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
338     - Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it [SME : 8333]
339     - Move mysql logging to multilog
340     - Remove the information_schema
341     - Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections.
342     - Add option to tcpsvd to set socket keepalive.
343 slords 1.1
344     General features
345     ================
346    
347 wellsi 1.6 - Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates
348 slords 1.1
349 wellsi 1.10
350     Ian Wells
351    
352     On behalf of the SME Server development team
353 wellsi 1.11 $Id: README.txt,v 1.10 2014/04/12 03:42:07 wellsi Exp $

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