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1  SME Server 9.0 Beta 1 Release Notes  SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 Release Notes
2  ============================  ===================================
3    
4  1 October 2013  11th April 2014
5    
6  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7  SME Server 9.0 Beta 1 which is based on CentOS 6.4  SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 which is based on CentOS 6.5.
8    
9    This is the final planned Beta of SME Server 9.0.
10    This version has the latest openssl to avoid the heartbleed issue.
11    
12  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
13  tracker (and only there, please);  tracker (and only there, please);
14    
15      http://bugs.contribs.org/      http://bugs.contribs.org/
16    
17    
18    Download
19    ========
20    
21    You can download SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 from
22    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0beta4/iso/x86_64/
23    or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
24    Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
25    during this time you may experience problems.
26    
27    
28  About SME Server  About SME Server
29  ================  ================
30    
31  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
32  enterprises.  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
33    a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
34    for SME Server.
35    
36  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
37  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
38  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
39  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
40    
41  As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further  As such, we ask for a donation to offset costs and fund further development.
42    a) If you are a school, a church, a non-profit organisation or an individual
43    using SME Server for private purposes, we would appreciate you to contribute
44    within your means toward the costs associated with hosting, maintenance and
45  development.  development.
46    b) If you are a company or an integrator and you are deploying SME Server in
47    the course of your work to generate revenue, we expect you to make a donation
48    commensurate with the level of revenue you generate and the number of servers
49    your have in the field. Please, help the project
50    
51  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
52    
53    Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
54    simply email treasurer@koozali.org
55    
56    
57  Thanks  Thanks
58  ======  ======
59    
60  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
61  themselves with this release.  themselves with this release.
62    
63    
64  Notes  Notes
65  =====  =====
66    
67  *** To be updated ***  This section will be updated in a following ISO
68    
69    
70    Major changes in this release
71    =============================
72    
73  Major changes since alpha 3  The installer has been substantially modified in Beta 3.
74  ==========================  The remaining relevant patches from SME Server 8 have been ported.
75    Note: The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
76    Workstation Backup has had many minor changes, see below for details.
77    
78  *** To be updated ***  A new feature has been introduced to block SSH login attempts,
79    http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock
80    It is set by default to reject SSH connections when there have been 3
81    or more requests in the previous 15 minutes.
82    See the link above to tune the defaults, or to disable:
83    db configuration setprop sshd AutoBlock enabled
84    signal-event remoteaccess-update
85    
86    The installer has been substantially modified in Beta 2.
87    It now creates the degraded RAID1 array with a single disk install.
88    Some, but not all,  install options are now supported.
89    
90    The base has been updated to CentOS 6.5
91    
92    The network interface code has been reworked to remove all hardcoding
93    relating to eth0 and eth1.
94    
95  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
96  =======================  =======================
97    
98  *** To be updated ***  This section will be further updated in a later release
99    Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is
100    autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be
101    written.
102    
103    
104  This section of this README file lists all package changes carried out  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
 by SME-associated developers since 2009 where the most recent changes  
 to the package are dated after February 2010. The package changelogs  
 often included earlier changes and changes carried out by non-SME-  
 associated developers; these were removed to shorten the list. Packages  
 recently altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are  
105  not included.  not included.
106    
107    
108    Backups
109    -------
110    
111    - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default
112      in line with console backup.
113    - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
114      of results from CGI.pm.
115    - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
116      when using dar 2.4.
117    - Simplify the workstation backup report.
118    - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1.
119    - Update the text in the Backup panel.
120    - Allow more time for cifs mounts before reporting errors.
121    - Dar updated to 2.4.10.
122    - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after
123      backup.
124    - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success.
125    - Refactor directory tree creation and removal.
126    - Workstation Backup, inconsistent formatting of host share name in messages.
127    - Workstation Backup, more reliable catalog creation.
128    - Workstation Backup, report cifs mount errors.
129    - Workstation Backup, do not access /proc/mounts
130    - Incremental backup fix.
131    - Workstation Backup, allow spaces in the backup destination.
132      Includes fix for disk usage broken with spaces.
133    - Desktop Backup, allow user setting of compression level.
134    - Use Wake on LAN before starting Backup with DAR.
135    - NFS syntax is deprecated for CIFS mount.
136    - Require cifs-utils and use UNC paths for cifs mount.
137    - Improve text in console backup for success and failure.
138    - Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level.
139      Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default.
140    - Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape
141      will succeed.
142    - Update to the latest version of console restore.
143    - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set.
144    - Delete items from dar catalog in descending order
145    - Minor non-functional updates based on PerlCritic and review comments
146    - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
147    - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files
148    - Remove migrate fragment 30vfstype
149    - Workstation Backup, Don't delete old sets, only empty them.
150    - Workstation Backup, Mail and WOL now subroutines
151    - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory, updated.
152    - Workstation Backup, backupname includes seconds.
153    - Simplification of the time routines.
154    - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory.
155    - Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present
156    - Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog
157    
158    
159    File Server
160    -----------
161    - Also remove the empty template-begin file in pam.d/proftpd templates.
162    - Remove unused pam templates.
163    - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
164    - Add template for wide links.
165    - Add templates for max protocol.
166    - Add support for Windows 8 domain joining & user login.
167    - Add windows network performance enhancements registry file.
168    - Update default ServerName in 30smbServerName
169    - Add ability to configure waiting for network Win7 registry option.
170    - Change default Workgroup and Domain to sme-server.
171    - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint
172      authentication.
173    - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
174    - Remove 20smb as migrating from pre-SME7 is not supported
175    
176    LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental)
177    ----
178    - Adjust slapd ACL to change dn.subtree to dn.children.
179    
180    Localisation
181    ------------
182    - Latest translations included.
183    
184    Mail Server
185    -----------
186    - Only present one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
187    - Remove limit properties from the imaps DB entry.
188    - Apply process limits to dovecot.
189    - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam
190    - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
191    - Fix handling of messages with no body and no trailing \n after
192      headers (eq was used in attempted assignment).
193    - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
194    - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled.
195    - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
196    - Simplify qmail concurrency templates.
197    - Modify domain style pseudonym pointing to user with dot in name.
198    - Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers.
199    - Fix Net::DNS update breaks qpsmtpd.
200    - allows the spamassassin plugin to read the size limit from its
201      arguments
202    - Move clamscan scheduling to complete before 99-raid-check.
203    - Listen on loopback if disabled.
204    - Fix permissions on imapd.pem as it's used by pop3s.
205    - Do not obsolete bglibs, it's required for cvm.
206    - Allow plaintext (unless explicitly disabled).
207    - Do not obsolete cvm, it's still needed for qpsmtpd.
208    - Fix size_limit initialization.
209    - reads MaxMessageSize prop of spamassassin and adds it
210      to the arguments of the plugin if defined.
211    - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local.
212    - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.
213    - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
214    - Remove Packager and Vendor from spec file.
215    - Revert last change.
216    - Sources are local, do not download them.
217    - Updates to release 0.98.1
218    - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.
219    - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail
220    - Remove insecure ciphers
221    - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email
222    - Fix whitespace in 10required_score
223    
224    Server manager
225    --------------
226    - Renew donation text in server-manager.
227    - Do not load mod_ssl.
228    - Remove log noise from Create starter web site panel.
229    - Add security fix for CVE-2013-4113.
230    - Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager.
231    - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
232    - Change wording of Software Update button.
233    - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
234    - Remove references to obsolete images, by Stephane de Labrusse
235    - Fix new starter website.
236    - Update location of Primary index.html.
237    
238    Webmail and Groupware
239    ---------------------
240    - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
241    - Don't use SSL over loopback.
242    - Replace last change with a default value for horde access
243    - Ensure initialisation of variables in webmail-only-local-network.
244    
245    Web Server
246    ----------
247    - Force magic_quotes Off.
248    - Remove insecure ciphers
249    
250    Other fixes and updates
251    -----------------------
252    - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.
253    - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.
254    - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.
255    - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.
256    - Remove the "swap interface" feature.
257    - Remove obsolete VLAN code.
258    - Load the bonding module if NIC bonding is enabled.
259    - Define the udev-post service in the DB.
260    - Provide the ability to restrict ibay access to http.
261    - Restart rsyslog in logrotate event.
262    - Set smb ServerName if unset.
263    - Don't reload init in bootstrap-console-save and console-save.
264    - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.
265    - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
266    - Add an audit for groups.
267    - Update the full names of users added in %pre.
268    - Fix uid and gid to be the same for the users added in %pre.
269    - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.
270    - Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected
271      ibay.
272    - Update ServerName (Samba netbios name) when SystemName is updated.
273    - Remove old System Name from the Hosts DB.
274    - Fix group creation when LDAP auth is enabled.
275    - Disable IPv6 on a default install.
276    - Continue escaping control chars in rsyslog, just replace LF with space.
277    - Use UTF-8 in the console.
278    - Remove redundant parts of init-accounts.
279    - Add_template_to_ssl.pem, codes by JP Pialasse.
280    - Require diald.
281    - Removal of rc.e-smith now functionality is in e-smith-service.
282    - Replacement of rc.e-smith by moving code into e-smith-service.
283    - Fix the way '.' works in bash.
284    - rename /etc/ldap.conf to /etc/pam_ldap.conf (and same for .secret).
285    - Always define InternalInterface NICBonding.
286    - In the console refer to removable media instead of USB disk.
287    - Fix a few more syslog => rsyslog items.
288    - Remove modprobe stuff.
289    - Don't be as agressive on rate limiting.
290    - Change syslog templates to rsyslog.
291    - Ensure existing_hwaddr is always initialized.
292    - Change System Name from mitel-networks-server to sme-server.
293    - Patch to remove symlink to Primary ibay from /home/e-smith/files/primary.
294    - Patch to correct issue with not being able to access a password protected
295      ibay.
296    - Correctly display accented letters in the console.
297    - Add e-smith as a Requires(pre) and remove adding users in %pre.
298    - Fix uid and gid to be the same in create-system-user.
299    - Ignore mysql.event table.
300    - Use --single-transaction in mysql-dump-tables.
301    - Use mysql_upgrade instead of fix_privilege_tables.
302    - Increase memory limit for ntp.
303    - Make rsyslog listen to our socket.
304    - Remove rc.quota_create.
305    - the config file is radiusclient.conf, not radiusclient-ng.conf.
306    - Add templates for radiusclient-ng.conf file to remove binaddr
307      directive.
308    - Add directive to options.pptpd so that radius plugin can find the
309      radiusclient configuration file..
310    - Fix permissions of /etc/radiusclient-ng/servers.
311    - Add hack for running rc7.d script during runlevel 4.
312    - Apply SME Server config file changes to pwauth.
313    - Fix libgomp obsoletes to not obsolete el6 version.
314    - Change order of mail options in check4updates.
315    - Fix parsing issues with "manage RAID" menu option in the console.
316    - Remove SSH v1 legacy support.
317    - Support nolvm boot option.
318    - Create degraded RAID1 array with single disk install.
319    - nodmraid is the default for SME 9.0 installs.
320    - Give more time to the grub menu.
321    - Update installer hard drive warning.
322    - Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install.
323    - Run installer in 'text' mode.
324    - Roll new stream to really remove obsolete images
325    - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
326    - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
327    - Remove support.pl from e-smith-base and move to smeserver-support
328    - Console restore should reboot
329    - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set
330    - Add restore backup as a console item for freshly installed servers
331    - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm
332    - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore
333    - Remove insecure SSL ciphers
334    - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands
335    - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
336    - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
337    - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
338    - Update frame header and footer
339    - Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth
340    - Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1
341    - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
342    - Code by Jesper Holck
343    - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than
344      443,563 using db command
345    - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells
346    - Add -n 1 to the dmesg line in rc.sysinit to prevent unwanted messages
347      appearing on the console
348    - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file
349    - Remove CentOS Branding patch
350    - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files
351    - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
352    - Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support
353    - The console license page now uses dialog's textbox.
354    - Ensure console is run with taint checking.
355    
356  General features  General features
357  ================  ================
358    
359  - Based on CentOS 6.4 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates
   
 $Id: README.txt,v 1.1 2013/03/11 18:03:04 slords Exp $  
360    
361    
362    Ian Wells
363    
364    On behalf of the SME Server development team
365    $Id: README.txt,v 1.9 2014/04/07 16:24:22 wellsi Exp $


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