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1  SME Server 9.0 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes  SME Server 9.0 Release Notes
2  ================================================  ============================
3    
4  12th May 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 Release Candidate 1 which is based on CentOS 6.5.  SME Server 9.0 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  Download  Download
15  ========  ========
16    
17  You can download SME Server 9.0 RC 1 from  You can download SME Server 9.0 from
18  http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0rc1/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 57  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    The development team would like to give a special thanks, and dedicate the
61    release of SME Server 9.0, to Chris Burnat. Chris has been a volunteer for
62    many years and we want to appreciate his invaluable contributions to 9.0.
63    
64  Notes  Notes
65  =====  =====
66    
67    In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore.
68  /boot partition is always RAID 1.  /boot partition is always RAID 1.
69  The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.  The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
70    
71  Major changes in this release  USB installs are now supported, see:
72  =============================  http://wiki.contribs.org/Install_From_USB#SME_Server_9
   
 This section will be further updated in a later release.  
   
 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 in a later release.  Only the changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 are listed, mainly
78  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.  
   
79    
80  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
81  not included.  not included.
82    
   
83  Backups  Backups
84  -------  -------
85  - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default  - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default
# Line 231  Web Server Line 227  Web Server
227  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
228  -----------------------  -----------------------
229  - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.  - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.
230      See: http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock
231  - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.  - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.
232  - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.  - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.
233  - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.  - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.
# Line 245  Other fixes and updates Line 242  Other fixes and updates
242  - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.  - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.
243  - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.  - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
244  - Add an audit for groups.  - Add an audit for groups.
245      See: http://wiki.contribs.org/Audit_Tools#groups-users
246  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.
247  - 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.
248  - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.  - Changed Prereq to Requires(pre) as Prereq is deprecated.
# Line 312  Other fixes and updates Line 310  Other fixes and updates
310  - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm  - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm
311  - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore  - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore
312  - Remove insecure SSL ciphers  - Remove insecure SSL ciphers
313  - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands  - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands.
314      See: http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration
315  - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled  - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
316  - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays  - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
317  - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm  - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
# Line 322  Other fixes and updates Line 321  Other fixes and updates
321  - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.  - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
322  - Code by Jesper Holck  - Code by Jesper Holck
323  - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than  - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than
324    443,563 using db command    443,563 using db command.
325  - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells    See: http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration
326  - 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
327    appearing on the console    appearing on the console
328  - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file  - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file
# Line 335  Other fixes and updates Line 334  Other fixes and updates
334  - Ensure console is run with taint checking.  - Ensure console is run with taint checking.
335  - 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
336  - 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
337  - Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it [SME : 8333]  - Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it.
338  - Move mysql logging to multilog  - Move mysql logging to multilog
339  - Remove the information_schema  - Remove the information_schema
340  - Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections.  - Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections.
# Line 350  General features Line 349  General features
349  Ian Wells  Ian Wells
350    
351  On behalf of the SME Server development team  On behalf of the SME Server development team
352  $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 $


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