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12th May 2014 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 9.0 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 6.5. |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
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tracker (and only there, please); |
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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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Download |
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You can download SME Server 9.0 RC 1 from |
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http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0rc1/iso/x86_64/ |
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or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
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Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, |
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during this time you may experience problems. |
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About SME Server |
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium |
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enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., |
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a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support |
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for SME Server. |
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and |
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is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. |
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However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development. |
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a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual |
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using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute |
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within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and |
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development. |
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b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in |
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the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation |
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commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers |
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your have in the field. Please, help the project |
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Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. |
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Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, |
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simply email treasurer@koozali.org |
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Thanks |
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The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved |
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themselves with this release. |
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Notes |
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/boot partition is always RAID 1. |
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The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented. |
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Major changes in this release |
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This section will be further updated in a later release. |
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Allow workstation backup to mounted drive. |
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Changes in this release |
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This section will be further updated in a later release. |
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Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is |
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autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be |
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written. |
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Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are |
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Backups |
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- Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default |
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in line with console backup. |
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- Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array |
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of results from CGI.pm. |
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- Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed |
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when using dar 2.4. |
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- Simplify the workstation backup report. |
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- Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1. |
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- Update the text in the Backup panel. |
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- Allow more time for cifs mounts before reporting errors. |
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- Dar updated to 2.4.10. |
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- Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after |
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backup. |
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- Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success. |
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- Refactor directory tree creation and removal. |
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- Workstation Backup, inconsistent formatting of host share name in messages. |
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- Workstation Backup, more reliable catalog creation. |
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- Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors. |
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- Workstation Backup, do not access /proc/mounts |
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- Incremental backup fix. |
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- Workstation Backup, allow spaces in the backup destination. |
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Includes fix for disk usage broken with spaces. |
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- Desktop Backup, allow user setting of compression level. |
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- Use Wake on LAN before starting Backup with DAR. |
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- NFS syntax is deprecated for CIFS mount. |
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- Require cifs-utils and use UNC paths for cifs mount. |
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- Improve text in console backup for success and failure. |
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- Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level. |
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Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default. |
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- Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape |
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will succeed. |
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- Update to the latest version of console restore. |
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- Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set. |
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- Delete items from dar catalog in descending order |
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- Minor non-functional updates based on PerlCritic and review comments |
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- Move console backup to e-smith-backup |
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- Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files |
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- Remove migrate fragment 30vfstype |
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- Workstation Backup, Don't delete old sets, only empty them. |
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- Workstation Backup, Mail and WOL now subroutines |
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- Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory, updated. |
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- Workstation Backup, backupname includes seconds. |
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- Simplification of the time routines. |
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- Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory. |
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- Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present |
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- Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog |
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- Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups |
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File Server |
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- Also remove the empty template-begin file in pam.d/proftpd templates. |
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- Remove unused pam templates. |
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- Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots. |
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- Add template for wide links. |
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- Add templates for max protocol. |
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- Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login. |
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- Add windows network performance enhancements registry file. |
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- Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName |
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- Add ability to configure waiting for network Win7 registry option. |
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- Change default Workgroup and Domain to sme-server. |
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- Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint |
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authentication. |
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- Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots. |
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- Remove 20smb as migrating from pre-SME7 is not supported |
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LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental) |
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- Adjust slapd ACL to change dn.subtree to dn.children. |
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Localisation |
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- Latest translations included. |
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Mail Server |
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- Only present one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP. |
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- Remove limit properties from the imaps DB entry. |
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- Apply process limits to dovecot. |
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- Include /usr/bin/refreshclam |
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- Allow webmail-only-local-network. |
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- Fix handling of messages with no body and no trailing \n after |
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headers (eq was used in attempted assignment). |
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- Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting. |
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- Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled. |
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- Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments. |
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- Simplify qmail concurrency templates. |
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- Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name. |
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- Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers. |
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- Fix Net::DNS update breaks qpsmtpd. |
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- allows the spamassassin plugin to read the size limit from its |
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- Move clamscan scheduling to complete before 99-raid-check. |
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- Listen on loopback if disabled. |
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- Fix permissions on imapd.pem as it's used by pop3s. |
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- Do not obsolete bglibs, it's required for cvm. |
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- Allow plaintext (unless explicitly disabled). |
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- Do not obsolete cvm, it's still needed for qpsmtpd. |
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- Fix size_limit initialization. |
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- reads MaxMessageSize prop of spamassassin and adds it |
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to the arguments of the plugin if defined. |
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- Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local. |
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- Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled. |
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- Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email. |
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- Remove Packager and Vendor from spec file. |
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- Revert last change. |
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- Sources are local, do not download them. |
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- Updates to release 0.98.1 |
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- Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing. |
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- Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail |
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- Remove insecure ciphers |
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- Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email |
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- Fix whitespace in 10required_score |
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- Update SBL and RBL Lists |
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Server manager |
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- Renew donation text in server-manager. |
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- Do not load mod_ssl. |
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- Remove log noise from Create starter web site panel. |
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- Add security fix for CVE-2013-4113. |
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- Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager. |
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- Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text. |
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- Change wording of Software Update button. |
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- Roll new stream to remove obsolete images |
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- Remove references to obsolete images, by Stephane de Labrusse |
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- Fix new starter website. |
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- Update location of Primary index.html. |
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Webmail and Groupware |
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- Allow webmail-only-local-network. |
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- Don't use SSL over loopback. |
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- Replace last change with a default value for horde access |
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- Ensure initialisation of variables in webmail-only-local-network. |
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- Force magic_quotes Off. |
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- Remove insecure ciphers |
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Other fixes and updates |
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- Add ssh-autoblock for external interface. |
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- Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1. |
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- Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress. |
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- Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces. |
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- Remove the "swap interface" feature. |
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- Remove obsolete VLAN code. |
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- Load the bonding module if NIC bonding is enabled. |
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- Define the udev-post service in the DB. |
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- Provide the ability to restrict ibay access to http. |
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- Restart rsyslog in logrotate event. |
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- Set smb ServerName if unset. |
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- Don't reload init in bootstrap-console-save and console-save. |
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- Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1. |
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- Provide the ability to force https per ibay. |
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- Add an audit for groups. |
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- Update the full names of users added in %pre. |
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- Fix uid and gid to be the same for the users added in %pre. |
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- Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated. |
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- Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected |
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ibay. |
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- Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated. |
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- Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB. |
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- Fix group creation when LDAP auth is enabled. |
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- Disable IPv6 on a default install. |
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- Continue escaping control chars in rsyslog, just replace LF with space. |
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- Use UTF-8 in the console. |
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- Remove redundant parts of init-accounts. |
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- Add_template_to_ssl.pem, codes by JP Pialasse. |
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- Require diald. |
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- Removal of rc.e-smith now functionality is in e-smith-service. |
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- Replacement of rc.e-smith by moving code into e-smith-service. |
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- Fix the way '.' works in bash. |
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- rename /etc/ldap.conf to /etc/pam_ldap.conf (and same for .secret). |
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- Always define InternalInterface NICBonding. |
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- In the console refer to removable media instead of USB disk. |
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- Fix a few more syslog => rsyslog items. |
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- Remove modprobe stuff. |
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- Don't be as agressive on rate limiting. |
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- Change syslog templates to rsyslog. |
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- Ensure existing_hwaddr is always initialized. |
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- Change System Name from mitel-networks-server to sme-server. |
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- Patch to remove symlink to Primary ibay from /home/e-smith/files/primary. |
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- Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected |
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ibay. |
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- Correctly display accented letters in the console. |
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- Add e-smith as a Requires(pre) and remove adding users in %pre. |
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- Fix uid and gid to be the same in create-system-user. |
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- Ignore mysql.event table. |
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- Use --single-transaction in mysql-dump-tables. |
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- Use mysql_upgrade instead of fix_privilege_tables. |
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- Increase memory limit for ntp. |
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- Make rsyslog listen to our socket. |
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- Remove rc.quota_create. |
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- the config file is radiusclient.conf, not radiusclient-ng.conf. |
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- Add templates for radiusclient-ng.conf file to remove binaddr |
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directive. |
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- Add directive to options.pptpd so that radius plugin can find the |
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radiusclient configuration file.. |
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- Fix permissions of /etc/radiusclient-ng/servers. |
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- Add hack for running rc7.d script during runlevel 4. |
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- Apply SME Server config file changes to pwauth. |
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- Fix libgomp obsoletes to not obsolete el6 version. |
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- Change order of mail options in check4updates. |
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- Fix parsing issues with "manage RAID" menu option in the console. |
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- Remove SSH v1 legacy support. |
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- Support nolvm boot option. |
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- Create degraded RAID1 array with single disk install. |
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- nodmraid is the default for SME 9.0 installs. |
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- Give more time to the grub menu. |
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- Update installer hard drive warning. |
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- Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install. |
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- Run installer in 'text' mode. |
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- Roll new stream to really remove obsolete images |
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- Roll new stream to remove obsolete images |
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- Move console backup to e-smith-backup |
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- Remove support.pl from e-smith-base and move to smeserver-support |
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- Console restore should reboot |
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- Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set |
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- Add restore backup as a console item for freshly installed servers |
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- Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm |
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- Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore |
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- Remove insecure SSL ciphers |
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- Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands |
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- Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled |
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- Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays |
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- Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm |
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- Update frame header and footer |
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- Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth |
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- Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1 |
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- Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks. |
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- Code by Jesper Holck |
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- Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than |
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443,563 using db command |
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- Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells |
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- Add -n 1 to the dmesg line in rc.sysinit to prevent unwanted messages |
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appearing on the console |
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- Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file |
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- Remove CentOS Branding patch |
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- Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files |
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- Roll new stream to remove obsolete images |
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- Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support |
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- The console license page now uses dialog's textbox. |
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- Ensure console is run with taint checking. |
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- Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd |
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- Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd |
338 |
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- Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it [SME : 8333] |
339 |
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- Move mysql logging to multilog |
340 |
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- Remove the information_schema |
341 |
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- Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections. |
342 |
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- Add option to tcpsvd to set socket keepalive. |
343 |
slords |
1.1 |
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General features |
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347 |
wellsi |
1.6 |
- Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates |
348 |
slords |
1.1 |
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349 |
wellsi |
1.10 |
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350 |
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Ian Wells |
351 |
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On behalf of the SME Server development team |
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wellsi |
1.11 |
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