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SME Server 9.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes |
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12th May 2014 |
21st June 2014 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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. |
SME Server 9.0 which is based on CentOS 6.5. |
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug |
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tracker (and only there, please); |
tracker (and only there, please); |
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http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
http://bugs.contribs.org/ |
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Download |
Download |
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You can download SME Server 9.0 RC 1 from |
You can download SME Server 9.0 from |
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http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0rc1/iso/x86_64/ |
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/9/iso/x86_64/ |
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or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
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, |
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. |
during this time you may experience problems. |
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The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved |
The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved |
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themselves with this release. |
themselves with this release. |
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The development team would like to give a special thanks, and dedicate the |
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release of SME Server 9.0, to Chris Burnat. Chris has been a volunteer for |
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many years and we want to appreciate his invaluable contributions to 9.0. |
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Notes |
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In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore. |
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/boot partition is always RAID 1. |
/boot partition is always RAID 1. |
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The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented. |
The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented. |
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Major changes in this release |
USB installs are now supported, see: |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/Install_From_USB#SME_Server_9 |
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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 |
Changes in this release |
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This section will be further updated in a later release. |
Only the changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 are listed, mainly |
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Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is |
autogenerated from the changelogs. |
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autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be |
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Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are |
Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are |
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not included. |
not included. |
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Backups |
Backups |
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- Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default |
- Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default |
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Other fixes and updates |
Other fixes and updates |
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- Add ssh-autoblock for external interface. |
- Add ssh-autoblock for external interface. |
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See: http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock |
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- Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1. |
- Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1. |
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- Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress. |
- Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress. |
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- Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces. |
- Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces. |
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- Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1. |
- Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1. |
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- Provide the ability to force https per ibay. |
- Provide the ability to force https per ibay. |
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- Add an audit for groups. |
- Add an audit for groups. |
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- Update the full names of users added in %pre. |
- 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. |
- 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. |
- Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated. |
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- Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm |
- Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm |
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- Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore |
- Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore |
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- Remove insecure SSL ciphers |
- Remove insecure SSL ciphers |
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- Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands |
- Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands. |
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- Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled |
- 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 |
- 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 |
- Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm |
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- Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks. |
- Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks. |
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- Code by Jesper Holck |
- Code by Jesper Holck |
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- Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than |
- Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than |
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443,563 using db command |
443,563 using db command. |
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- Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells |
See: http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration |
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- Add -n 1 to the dmesg line in rc.sysinit to prevent unwanted messages |
- Add -n 1 to the dmesg line in rc.sysinit to prevent unwanted messages |
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appearing on the console |
appearing on the console |
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- Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file |
- Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file |
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- Ensure console is run with taint checking. |
- 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 |
- 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 |
- Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd |
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- Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it [SME : 8333] |
- Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it. |
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- Move mysql logging to multilog |
- Move mysql logging to multilog |
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- Remove the information_schema |
- Remove the information_schema |
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- Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections. |
- Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections. |
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Ian Wells |
Ian Wells |
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On behalf of the SME Server development team |
On behalf of the SME Server development team |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.10 2014/04/12 03:42:07 wellsi Exp $ |
$Id: README.txt,v 1.11 2014/05/08 05:56:12 wellsi Exp $ |