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Release Notes update for Beta 4

1 wellsi 1.8 SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 Release Notes
2 wellsi 1.4 ===================================
3 slords 1.1
4 wellsi 1.9 10th April 2014
5 slords 1.1
6     The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7 wellsi 1.8 SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 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     About SME Server
15     ================
16    
17     SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
18 wellsi 1.5 enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
19     a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
20     for SME Server.
21 slords 1.1
22     SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
23     is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
24     However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
25     meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
26    
27 wellsi 1.4 As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development.
28     a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual
29     using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute
30     within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and
31 slords 1.1 development.
32 wellsi 1.4 b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in
33     the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation
34     commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers
35     your have in the field. Please, help the project
36 slords 1.1
37     Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
38    
39 wellsi 1.5 Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
40     simply email treasurer@koozali.org
41    
42    
43 slords 1.1 Thanks
44     ======
45    
46     The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
47     themselves with this release.
48    
49     Notes
50     =====
51    
52 wellsi 1.6 This section will be updated in a following ISO
53 slords 1.1
54    
55 wellsi 1.4 Major changes in this release
56     =============================
57 slords 1.1
58 wellsi 1.8 The installer has been substantially modified in Beta 3.
59     The remaining relevant patches from SME Server 8 have been ported.
60     Note: The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
61     Workstation Backup has had many minor changes, see below for details.
62    
63 wellsi 1.9 A new feature has been introduced to block SSH login attempts,
64     http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock
65     It is set by default to reject SSH connections when there have been 3
66     or more requests in the previous 15 minutes.
67     See the link above to tune the defaults, or to disable:
68     db configuration setprop sshd AutoBlock enabled
69     signal-event remoteaccess-update
70    
71 wellsi 1.5 The installer has been substantially modified in Beta 2.
72     It now creates the degraded RAID1 array with a single disk install.
73     Some, but not all, install options are now supported.
74 slords 1.1
75 wellsi 1.6 The base has been updated to CentOS 6.5
76    
77     The network interface code has been reworked to remove all hardcoding
78     relating to eth0 and eth1.
79 slords 1.1
80     Changes in this release
81     =======================
82    
83 wellsi 1.6 This section will be further updated in a later release
84 wellsi 1.4 Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is
85     autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be
86 wellsi 1.6 written.
87 wellsi 1.4
88    
89     Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
90     not included.
91    
92    
93     Backups
94     -------
95 wellsi 1.6
96 wellsi 1.7 - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default
97     in line with console backup.
98 wellsi 1.6 - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
99     of results from CGI.pm.
100     - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
101     when using dar 2.4.
102     - Simplify the workstation backup report.
103     - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1.
104     - Update the text in the Backup panel.
105     - Allow more time for cifs mounts before reporting errors.
106     - Dar updated to 2.4.10.
107 wellsi 1.4 - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after
108     backup.
109     - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success.
110     - Refactor directory tree creation and removal.
111     - Workstation Backup, inconsistent formatting of host share name in messages.
112     - Workstation Backup, more reliable catalog creation.
113     - Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors.
114     - Workstation Backup, do not access /proc/mounts
115     - Incremental backup fix.
116     - Workstation Backup, allow spaces in the backup destination.
117     Includes fix for disk usage broken with spaces.
118     - Desktop Backup, allow user setting of compression level.
119     - Use Wake on LAN before starting Backup with DAR.
120     - NFS syntax is deprecated for CIFS mount.
121     - Require cifs-utils and use UNC paths for cifs mount.
122     - Improve text in console backup for success and failure.
123     - Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level.
124     Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default.
125 wellsi 1.8 - Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape
126     will succeed.
127     - Update to the latest version of console restore.
128     - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set.
129     - Delete items from dar catalog in descending order
130     - Minor non-functional updates based on PerlCritic and review comments
131     - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
132     - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files
133     - Remove migrate fragment 30vfstype
134     - Workstation Backup, Don't delete old sets, only empty them.
135     - Workstation Backup, Mail and WOL now subroutines
136     - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory, updated.
137     - Workstation Backup, backupname includes seconds.
138     - Simplification of the time routines.
139     - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory.
140     - Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present
141     - Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog
142    
143 wellsi 1.4
144     File Server
145     -----------
146     - Also remove the empty template-begin file in pam.d/proftpd templates.
147     - Remove unused pam templates.
148     - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
149     - Add template for wide links.
150     - Add templates for max protocol.
151     - Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login.
152     - Add windows network performance enhancements registry file.
153     - Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName
154     - Add ability to configure waiting for network Win7 registry option.
155     - Change default Workgroup and Domain to sme-server.
156     - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint
157 wellsi 1.5 authentication.
158 wellsi 1.8 - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
159     - Remove 20smb as migrating from pre-SME7 is not supported
160 wellsi 1.4
161     LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental)
162     ----
163 wellsi 1.6 - Adjust slapd ACL to change dn.subtree to dn.children.
164 wellsi 1.4
165     Localisation
166     ------------
167     - Latest translations included.
168    
169     Mail Server
170     -----------
171 wellsi 1.6 - Only present one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
172 wellsi 1.7 - Remove limit properties from the imaps DB entry.
173     - Apply process limits to dovecot.
174     - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam
175 wellsi 1.6 - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
176     - Fix handling of messages with no body and no trailing \n after
177     headers (eq was used in attempted assignment).
178 wellsi 1.4 - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
179     - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled.
180     - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
181     - Simplify qmail concurrency templates.
182     - Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name.
183     - Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers.
184     - Fix Net::DNS update breaks qpsmtpd.
185     - allows the spamassassin plugin to read the size limit from its
186     arguments
187     - Move clamscan scheduling to complete before 99-raid-check.
188     - Listen on loopback if disabled.
189     - Fix permissions on imapd.pem as it's used by pop3s.
190     - Do not obsolete bglibs, it's required for cvm.
191     - Allow plaintext (unless explicitly disabled).
192     - Do not obsolete cvm, it's still needed for qpsmtpd.
193     - Fix size_limit initialization.
194     - reads MaxMessageSize prop of spamassassin and adds it
195     to the arguments of the plugin if defined.
196     - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local.
197     - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.
198     - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
199 wellsi 1.8 - Remove Packager and Vendor from spec file.
200     - Revert last change.
201     - Sources are local, do not download them.
202     - Updates to release 0.98.1
203     - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.
204     - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail
205     - Remove insecure ciphers
206     - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email
207     - Fix whitespace in 10required_score
208 wellsi 1.4
209     Server manager
210     --------------
211     - Renew donation text in server-manager.
212     - Do not load mod_ssl.
213     - Remove log noise from Create starter web site panel.
214 wellsi 1.5 - Add security fix for CVE-2013-4113.
215     - Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager.
216     - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
217     - Change wording of Software Update button.
218 wellsi 1.8 - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
219     - Remove references to obsolete images, by Stephane de Labrusse
220 wellsi 1.9 - Fix new starter website.
221     - Update location of Primary index.html.
222 wellsi 1.4
223     Webmail and Groupware
224     ---------------------
225 wellsi 1.6 - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
226 wellsi 1.4 - Don't use SSL over loopback.
227 wellsi 1.8 - Replace last change with a default value for horde access
228     - Ensure initialisation of variables in webmail-only-local-network.
229 wellsi 1.4
230     Web Server
231     ----------
232     - Force magic_quotes Off.
233 wellsi 1.8 - Remove insecure ciphers
234 wellsi 1.4
235     Other fixes and updates
236     -----------------------
237 wellsi 1.9 - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.
238 wellsi 1.6 - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.
239     - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.
240     - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.
241     - Remove the "swap interface" feature.
242     - Remove obsolete VLAN code.
243     - Load the bonding module if NIC bonding is enabled.
244     - Define the udev-post service in the DB.
245 wellsi 1.7 - Provide the ability to restrict ibay access to http.
246 wellsi 1.6 - Restart rsyslog in logrotate event.
247     - Set smb ServerName if unset.
248     - Don't reload init in bootstrap-console-save and console-save.
249     - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.
250     - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
251     - Add an audit for groups.
252 wellsi 1.4 - Update the full names of users added in %pre.
253     - Fix uid and gid to be the same for the users added in %pre.
254     - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.
255     - Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected
256     ibay.
257     - Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated.
258     - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB.
259     - Fix group creation when LDAP auth is enabled.
260     - Disable IPv6 on a default install.
261     - Continue escaping control chars in rsyslog, just replace LF with space.
262     - Use UTF-8 in the console.
263     - Remove redundant parts of init-accounts.
264     - Add_template_to_ssl.pem, codes by JP Pialasse.
265     - Require diald.
266     - Removal of rc.e-smith now functionality is in e-smith-service.
267     - Replacement of rc.e-smith by moving code into e-smith-service.
268     - Fix the way '.' works in bash.
269     - rename /etc/ldap.conf to /etc/pam_ldap.conf (and same for .secret).
270     - Always define InternalInterface NICBonding.
271     - In the console refer to removable media instead of USB disk.
272     - Fix a few more syslog => rsyslog items.
273     - Remove modprobe stuff.
274     - Don't be as agressive on rate limiting.
275     - Change syslog templates to rsyslog.
276     - Ensure existing_hwaddr is always initialized.
277     - Change System Name from mitel-networks-server to sme-server.
278     - Patch to remove symlink to Primary ibay from /home/e-smith/files/primary.
279     - Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected
280     ibay.
281     - Correctly display accented letters in the console.
282     - Add e-smith as a Requires(pre) and remove adding users in %pre.
283     - Fix uid and gid to be the same in create-system-user.
284     - Ignore mysql.event table.
285     - Use --single-transaction in mysql-dump-tables.
286     - Use mysql_upgrade instead of fix_privilege_tables.
287     - Increase memory limit for ntp.
288     - Make rsyslog listen to our socket.
289     - Remove rc.quota_create.
290     - the config file is radiusclient.conf, not radiusclient-ng.conf.
291     - Add templates for radiusclient-ng.conf file to remove binaddr
292     directive.
293     - Add directive to options.pptpd so that radius plugin can find the
294     radiusclient configuration file..
295     - Fix permissions of /etc/radiusclient-ng/servers.
296     - Add hack for running rc7.d script during runlevel 4.
297     - Apply SME Server config file changes to pwauth.
298     - Fix libgomp obsoletes to not obsolete el6 version.
299     - Change order of mail options in check4updates.
300 wellsi 1.5 - Fix parsing issues with "manage RAID" menu option in the console.
301     - Remove SSH v1 legacy support.
302     - Support nolvm boot option.
303     - Create degraded RAID1 array with single disk install.
304     - nodmraid is the default for SME 9.0 installs.
305     - Give more time to the grub menu.
306     - Update installer hard drive warning.
307     - Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install.
308     - Run installer in 'text' mode.
309 wellsi 1.8 - Roll new stream to really remove obsolete images
310     - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
311     - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
312     - Remove support.pl from e-smith-base and move to smeserver-support
313     - Console restore should reboot
314     - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set
315     - Add restore backup as a console item for freshly installed servers
316     - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm
317     - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore
318     - Remove insecure SSL ciphers
319     - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands
320     - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
321     - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
322     - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
323     - Update frame header and footer
324     - Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth
325     - Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1
326     - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
327     - Code by Jesper Holck
328     - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than
329     443,563 using db command
330     - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells
331     - Add -n 1 to the dmesg line in rc.sysinit to prevent unwanted messages
332     appearing on the console
333     - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file
334     - Remove CentOS Branding patch
335     - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files
336     - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
337     - Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support
338     - The console license page now uses dialog's textbox.
339 wellsi 1.9 - Ensure console is run with taint checking.
340 slords 1.1
341     General features
342     ================
343    
344 wellsi 1.6 - Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates
345 slords 1.1
346 wellsi 1.9 $Id: README.txt,v 1.8 2014/03/30 04:08:35 wellsi Exp $

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