--- cdrom.image/sme9/README.txt 2013/11/06 06:26:57 1.5 +++ cdrom.image/sme9/README.txt 2014/04/12 03:42:07 1.10 @@ -1,22 +1,36 @@ -SME Server 9.0 Beta 2 Release Notes +SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 Release Notes =================================== -8 November 2013 +11th April 2014 The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of -SME Server 9.0 Beta 2 which is based on CentOS 6.4 +SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 which is based on CentOS 6.5. + +This is the final planned Beta of SME Server 9.0. +This version has the latest openssl to avoid the heartbleed issue. Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug tracker (and only there, please); http://bugs.contribs.org/ + +Download +======== + +You can download SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 from +http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0beta4/iso/x86_64/ +or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download +Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, +during this time you may experience problems. + + About SME Server ================ SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium -enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., -a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support +enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc., +a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and @@ -36,7 +50,7 @@ your have in the field. Please, help the Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate. -Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, +Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received, simply email treasurer@koozali.org @@ -46,27 +60,45 @@ Thanks The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved themselves with this release. + Notes ===== -This section will be updated for SME Server 9.0 Beta 3 +This section will be updated in a following ISO Major changes in this release ============================= +The installer has been substantially modified in Beta 3. +The remaining relevant patches from SME Server 8 have been ported. +Note: The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented. +Workstation Backup has had many minor changes, see below for details. + +A new feature has been introduced to block SSH login attempts, +http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock +It is set by default to reject SSH connections when there have been 3 +or more requests in the previous 15 minutes. +See the link above to tune the defaults, or to disable: +db configuration setprop sshd AutoBlock enabled +signal-event remoteaccess-update + The installer has been substantially modified in Beta 2. It now creates the degraded RAID1 array with a single disk install. Some, but not all, install options are now supported. +The base has been updated to CentOS 6.5 + +The network interface code has been reworked to remove all hardcoding +relating to eth0 and eth1. Changes in this release ======================= -This section will be further updated for SME Server 9.0 Beta 3 +This section will be further updated in a later release Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be -written for SME Server 9.0 Beta 3. +written. Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are @@ -75,7 +107,18 @@ not included. Backups ------- -- Dar updated to 2.4.10 + +- Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default + in line with console backup. +- Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array + of results from CGI.pm. +- Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed + when using dar 2.4. +- Simplify the workstation backup report. +- Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1. +- Update the text in the Backup panel. +- Allow more time for cifs mounts before reporting errors. +- Dar updated to 2.4.10. - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after backup. - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success. @@ -94,8 +137,24 @@ Backups - Improve text in console backup for success and failure. - Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level. Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default. -- Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape will - succeed. +- Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape + will succeed. +- Update to the latest version of console restore. +- Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set. +- Delete items from dar catalog in descending order +- Minor non-functional updates based on PerlCritic and review comments +- Move console backup to e-smith-backup +- Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files +- Remove migrate fragment 30vfstype +- Workstation Backup, Don't delete old sets, only empty them. +- Workstation Backup, Mail and WOL now subroutines +- Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory, updated. +- Workstation Backup, backupname includes seconds. +- Simplification of the time routines. +- Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory. +- Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present +- Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog + File Server ----------- @@ -111,11 +170,12 @@ File Server - Change default Workgroup and Domain to sme-server. - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint authentication. -- Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots. +- Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots. +- Remove 20smb as migrating from pre-SME7 is not supported LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental) ---- -None +- Adjust slapd ACL to change dn.subtree to dn.children. Localisation ------------ @@ -123,6 +183,13 @@ Localisation Mail Server ----------- +- Only present one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP. +- Remove limit properties from the imaps DB entry. +- Apply process limits to dovecot. +- Include /usr/bin/refreshclam +- Allow webmail-only-local-network. +- Fix handling of messages with no body and no trailing \n after + headers (eq was used in attempted assignment). - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting. - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled. - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments. @@ -144,6 +211,15 @@ Mail Server - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local. - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled. - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email. +- Remove Packager and Vendor from spec file. +- Revert last change. +- Sources are local, do not download them. +- Updates to release 0.98.1 +- Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing. +- Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail +- Remove insecure ciphers +- Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email +- Fix whitespace in 10required_score Server manager -------------- @@ -154,17 +230,40 @@ Server manager - Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager. - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text. - Change wording of Software Update button. +- Roll new stream to remove obsolete images +- Remove references to obsolete images, by Stephane de Labrusse +- Fix new starter website. +- Update location of Primary index.html. Webmail and Groupware --------------------- +- Allow webmail-only-local-network. - Don't use SSL over loopback. +- Replace last change with a default value for horde access +- Ensure initialisation of variables in webmail-only-local-network. Web Server ---------- - Force magic_quotes Off. +- Remove insecure ciphers Other fixes and updates ----------------------- +- Add ssh-autoblock for external interface. +- Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1. +- Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress. +- Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces. +- Remove the "swap interface" feature. +- Remove obsolete VLAN code. +- Load the bonding module if NIC bonding is enabled. +- Define the udev-post service in the DB. +- Provide the ability to restrict ibay access to http. +- Restart rsyslog in logrotate event. +- Set smb ServerName if unset. +- Don't reload init in bootstrap-console-save and console-save. +- Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1. +- Provide the ability to force https per ibay. +- Add an audit for groups. - Update the full names of users added in %pre. - Fix uid and gid to be the same for the users added in %pre. - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated. @@ -222,15 +321,45 @@ Other fixes and updates - Update installer hard drive warning. - Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install. - Run installer in 'text' mode. +- Roll new stream to really remove obsolete images +- Roll new stream to remove obsolete images +- Move console backup to e-smith-backup +- Remove support.pl from e-smith-base and move to smeserver-support +- Console restore should reboot +- Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set +- Add restore backup as a console item for freshly installed servers +- Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm +- Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore +- Remove insecure SSL ciphers +- Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands +- Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled +- Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays +- Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm +- Update frame header and footer +- Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth +- Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1 +- Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks. +- Code by Jesper Holck +- Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than + 443,563 using db command +- Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells +- Add -n 1 to the dmesg line in rc.sysinit to prevent unwanted messages + appearing on the console +- Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file +- Remove CentOS Branding patch +- Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files +- Roll new stream to remove obsolete images +- Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support +- The console license page now uses dialog's textbox. +- Ensure console is run with taint checking. General features ================ -- Based on CentOS 6.4 and all available updates - -$Id: README.txt,v 1.4 2013/10/12 06:31:51 wellsi Exp $ - - +- Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates +Ian Wells +On behalf of the SME Server development team +$Id: README.txt,v 1.9 2014/04/07 16:24:22 wellsi Exp $