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1  SME Server 9.0 Beta 2 Release Notes  SME Server 9.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes
2  ===================================  ================================================
3    
4  8 November 2013  12th May 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 2 which is based on CentOS 6.4  SME Server 9.0 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 6.5.
8    
9  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
10  tracker (and only there, please);  tracker (and only there, please);
11    
12      http://bugs.contribs.org/      http://bugs.contribs.org/
13    
14    
15    Download
16    ========
17    
18    You can download SME Server 9.0 RC 1 from
19    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0rc1/iso/x86_64/
20    or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
21    Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
22    during this time you may experience problems.
23    
24    
25  About SME Server  About SME Server
26  ================  ================
27    
28  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
29  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
30  a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support  a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
31  for SME Server.  for SME Server.
32    
33  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
# Line 36  your have in the field. Please, help the Line 47  your have in the field. Please, help the
47    
48  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
49    
50  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
51  simply email treasurer@koozali.org  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
52    
53    
# Line 46  Thanks Line 57  Thanks
57  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
58  themselves with this release.  themselves with this release.
59    
60    
61  Notes  Notes
62  =====  =====
63    
64  This section will be updated for SME Server 9.0 Beta 3  /boot partition is always RAID 1.
65    The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
66    
67  Major changes in this release  Major changes in this release
68  =============================  =============================
69    
70  The installer has been substantially modified in Beta 2.  This section will be further updated in a later release.
 It now creates the degraded RAID1 array with a single disk install.  
 Some, but not all,  install options are now supported.  
71    
72    Allow workstation backup to mounted drive.
73    
74  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
75  =======================  =======================
76    
77  This section will be further updated for SME Server 9.0 Beta 3  This section will be further updated in a later release.
78  Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is  Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is
79  autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be  autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be
80  written for SME Server 9.0 Beta 3.  written.
81    
82    
83  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
# Line 75  not included. Line 86  not included.
86    
87  Backups  Backups
88  -------  -------
89  - Dar updated to 2.4.10  - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default
90      in line with console backup.
91    - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
92      of results from CGI.pm.
93    - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
94      when using dar 2.4.
95    - Simplify the workstation backup report.
96    - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1.
97    - Update the text in the Backup panel.
98    - Allow more time for cifs mounts before reporting errors.
99    - Dar updated to 2.4.10.
100  - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after  - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after
101    backup.    backup.
102  - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success.  - Workstation Backup, remove temporary directory on success.
# Line 94  Backups Line 115  Backups
115  - Improve text in console backup for success and failure.  - Improve text in console backup for success and failure.
116  - Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level.  - Console USB Backup, allow user setting of compression level.
117    Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default.    Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default.
118  - Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape will  - Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape
119    succeed.    will succeed.
120    - Update to the latest version of console restore.
121    - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set.
122    - Delete items from dar catalog in descending order
123    - Minor non-functional updates based on PerlCritic and review comments
124    - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
125    - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files
126    - Remove migrate fragment 30vfstype
127    - Workstation Backup, Don't delete old sets, only empty them.
128    - Workstation Backup, Mail and WOL now subroutines
129    - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory, updated.
130    - Workstation Backup, backupname includes seconds.
131    - Simplification of the time routines.
132    - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory.
133    - Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present
134    - Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog
135    - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /
136    - Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups
137    
138    
139  File Server  File Server
140  -----------  -----------
# Line 111  File Server Line 150  File Server
150  - Change default Workgroup and Domain to sme-server.  - Change default Workgroup and Domain to sme-server.
151  - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint  - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint
152    authentication.    authentication.
153  - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.    - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
154    - Remove 20smb as migrating from pre-SME7 is not supported
155    
156  LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental)  LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental)
157  ----  ----
158  None  - Adjust slapd ACL to change dn.subtree to dn.children.
159    
160  Localisation  Localisation
161  ------------  ------------
# Line 123  Localisation Line 163  Localisation
163    
164  Mail Server  Mail Server
165  -----------  -----------
166    - Only present one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
167    - Remove limit properties from the imaps DB entry.
168    - Apply process limits to dovecot.
169    - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam
170    - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
171    - Fix handling of messages with no body and no trailing \n after
172      headers (eq was used in attempted assignment).
173  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
174  - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled.  - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled.
175  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
# Line 144  Mail Server Line 191  Mail Server
191  - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local.  - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local.
192  - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.  - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.
193  - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.  - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
194    - Remove Packager and Vendor from spec file.
195    - Revert last change.
196    - Sources are local, do not download them.
197    - Updates to release 0.98.1
198    - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.
199    - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail
200    - Remove insecure ciphers
201    - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email
202    - Fix whitespace in 10required_score
203    - Update SBL and RBL Lists
204    
205  Server manager  Server manager
206  --------------  --------------
# Line 154  Server manager Line 211  Server manager
211  - Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager.  - Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager.
212  - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.  - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
213  - Change wording of Software Update button.  - Change wording of Software Update button.
214    - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
215    - Remove references to obsolete images, by Stephane de Labrusse
216    - Fix new starter website.
217    - Update location of Primary index.html.
218    
219  Webmail and Groupware  Webmail and Groupware
220  ---------------------  ---------------------
221    - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
222  - Don't use SSL over loopback.  - Don't use SSL over loopback.
223    - Replace last change with a default value for horde access
224    - Ensure initialisation of variables in webmail-only-local-network.
225    
226  Web Server  Web Server
227  ----------  ----------
228  - Force magic_quotes Off.  - Force magic_quotes Off.
229    - Remove insecure ciphers
230    
231  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
232  -----------------------  -----------------------
233    - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.
234    - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.
235    - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.
236    - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.
237    - Remove the "swap interface" feature.
238    - Remove obsolete VLAN code.
239    - Load the bonding module if NIC bonding is enabled.
240    - Define the udev-post service in the DB.
241    - Provide the ability to restrict ibay access to http.
242    - Restart rsyslog in logrotate event.
243    - Set smb ServerName if unset.
244    - Don't reload init in bootstrap-console-save and console-save.
245    - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.
246    - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
247    - Add an audit for groups.
248  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.
249  - 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.
250  - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.  - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.
# Line 222  Other fixes and updates Line 302  Other fixes and updates
302  - Update installer hard drive warning.  - Update installer hard drive warning.
303  - Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install.  - Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install.
304  - Run installer in 'text' mode.  - Run installer in 'text' mode.
305    - Roll new stream to really remove obsolete images
306    - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
307    - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
308    - Remove support.pl from e-smith-base and move to smeserver-support
309    - Console restore should reboot
310    - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set
311    - Add restore backup as a console item for freshly installed servers
312    - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm
313    - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore
314    - Remove insecure SSL ciphers
315    - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands
316    - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
317    - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
318    - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
319    - Update frame header and footer
320    - Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth
321    - Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1
322    - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
323    - Code by Jesper Holck
324    - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than
325      443,563 using db command
326    - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells
327    - Add -n 1 to the dmesg line in rc.sysinit to prevent unwanted messages
328      appearing on the console
329    - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file
330    - Remove CentOS Branding patch
331    - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files
332    - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
333    - Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support
334    - The console license page now uses dialog's textbox.
335    - Ensure console is run with taint checking.
336    - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
337    - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
338    - Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it [SME : 8333]
339    - Move mysql logging to multilog
340    - Remove the information_schema
341    - Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections.
342    - Add option to tcpsvd to set socket keepalive.
343    
344  General features  General features
345  ================  ================
346    
347  - Based on CentOS 6.4 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates
   
 $Id: README.txt,v 1.4 2013/10/12 06:31:51 wellsi Exp $  
   
   
348    
349    
350    Ian Wells
351    
352    On behalf of the SME Server development team
353    $Id: README.txt,v 1.10 2014/04/12 03:42:07 wellsi Exp $


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