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1  SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 Release Notes  SME Server 9.0 Release Notes
2  ===================================  ============================
3    
4  11th April 2014  21st June 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 4 which is based on CentOS 6.5.  SME Server 9.0 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.  
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  Download  Download
15  ========  ========
16    
17  You can download SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 from  You can download SME Server 9.0 from
18  http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0beta4/iso/x86_64/  http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/9/iso/x86_64/
19  or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download  or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
20    
21  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,
22  during this time you may experience problems.  during this time you may experience problems.
23    
# Line 54  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoic Line 51  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoic
51  simply email treasurer@koozali.org  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
52    
53    
54  Thanks  Chris Burnat
55  ======  ============
56    
57    It is with the deepest regret we have to inform you that on Wednesday 11th June
58    Chris Burnat passed away. He was one of the most ardent supporters of
59    Koozali SME Server and we all owe him an enormous debt of gratitude.
60    
61    We dedicate this release of SME Server 9.0 to Chris.
62    Without him it would be nowhere near ready. If you download and use it,
63    please remember him and his work, and that of all the other contributors
64    who work tirelessly to make Koozali SME as good as it is.
65    
66  The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved  We extend our thoughts and deepest sympathies to his family.
 themselves with this release.  
67    
68    
69  Notes  Notes
70  =====  =====
71    
72  This section will be updated in a following ISO  In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore.
73    /boot partition is always RAID 1.
74    The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
 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.  
75    
76  A new feature has been introduced to block SSH login attempts,  USB installs are now supported, see:
77  http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock  http://wiki.contribs.org/Install_From_USB#SME_Server_9
 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.  
78    
79  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
80  =======================  =======================
81    
82  This section will be further updated in a later release  Only the changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 are listed, mainly
83  Currently this only shows changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 and it is  autogenerated from the changelogs.
 autogenerated from the changelogs. A more human readable version will be  
 written.  
   
84    
85  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
86  not included.  not included.
87    
   
88  Backups  Backups
89  -------  -------
   
90  - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default  - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default
91    in line with console backup.    in line with console backup.
92  - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array  - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
# Line 154  Backups Line 133  Backups
133  - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory.  - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory.
134  - Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present  - Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present
135  - Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog  - Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog
136    - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /
137    - Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups
138    
139    
140  File Server  File Server
# Line 220  Mail Server Line 201  Mail Server
201  - Remove insecure ciphers  - Remove insecure ciphers
202  - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email  - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email
203  - Fix whitespace in 10required_score  - Fix whitespace in 10required_score
204    - Update SBL and RBL Lists
205    
206  Server manager  Server manager
207  --------------  --------------
# Line 250  Web Server Line 232  Web Server
232  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
233  -----------------------  -----------------------
234  - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.  - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.
235      See: http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock
236  - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.  - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.
237  - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.  - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.
238  - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.  - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.
# Line 264  Other fixes and updates Line 247  Other fixes and updates
247  - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.  - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.
248  - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.  - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
249  - Add an audit for groups.  - Add an audit for groups.
250      See: http://wiki.contribs.org/Audit_Tools#groups-users
251  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.
252  - 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.
253  - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.  - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.
# Line 331  Other fixes and updates Line 315  Other fixes and updates
315  - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm  - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm
316  - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore  - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore
317  - Remove insecure SSL ciphers  - Remove insecure SSL ciphers
318  - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands  - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands.
319      See: http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration
320  - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled  - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
321  - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays  - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
322  - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm  - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
# Line 341  Other fixes and updates Line 326  Other fixes and updates
326  - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.  - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
327  - Code by Jesper Holck  - Code by Jesper Holck
328  - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than  - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than
329    443,563 using db command    443,563 using db command.
330  - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells    See: http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration
331  - 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
332    appearing on the console    appearing on the console
333  - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file  - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file
# Line 352  Other fixes and updates Line 337  Other fixes and updates
337  - Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support  - Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support
338  - The console license page now uses dialog's textbox.  - The console license page now uses dialog's textbox.
339  - Ensure console is run with taint checking.  - Ensure console is run with taint checking.
340    - Add a verification in the console of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
341    - Add a verification in remoteaccess panel of number of pptp clients against ip allowed in dhcpd
342    - Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it.
343    - Move mysql logging to multilog
344    - Remove the information_schema
345    - Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections.
346    - Add option to tcpsvd to set socket keepalive.
347    
348  General features  General features
349  ================  ================
# Line 362  General features Line 354  General features
354  Ian Wells  Ian Wells
355    
356  On behalf of the SME Server development team  On behalf of the SME Server development team
357  $Id: README.txt,v 1.9 2014/04/07 16:24:22 wellsi Exp $  $Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2014/06/18 15:14:22 wellsi Exp $


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