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- SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 Release Notes
+ SME Server 9.0 Release Notes
- ===================================
+ ============================
-rd April 2014
+st June 2014
  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
- SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 which is based on CentOS 6.5
+ SME Server 9.0 which is based on CentOS 6.5.
  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 from
+ http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/9/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
  for SME Server.
  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
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 your have in the field. Please, help the
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 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,
  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
- Thanks
+ Chris Burnat
- ======
+ ============
- The development team would like to thank all of those who have involved
- themselves with this release.
- Notes
- =====
- This section will be updated in a following ISO
+ It is with the deepest regret we have to inform you that on Wednesday 11th June
+ Chris Burnat passed away. He was one of the most ardent supporters of
+ Koozali SME Server and we all owe him an enormous debt of gratitude.
+ We dedicate this release of SME Server 9.0 to Chris.
+ Without him it would be nowhere near ready. If you download and use it,
+ please remember him and his work, and that of all the other contributors
+ who work tirelessly to make Koozali SME as good as it is.
- Major changes in this release
+ We extend our thoughts and deepest sympathies to his family.
- =============================
- 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.
- The installer has been substantially modified in Beta 2.
+ Notes
- 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
+ In-place upgrades are not supported. It is necessary to backup and then restore.
+ /boot partition is always RAID 1.
+ The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
- The network interface code has been reworked to remove all hardcoding
+ USB installs are now supported, see:
- relating to eth0 and eth1.
+ http://wiki.contribs.org/Install_From_USB#SME_Server_9
  Changes in this release
  =======================
- This section will be further updated in a later release
+ Only the changes since SME Server 9.0 Alpha 3 are listed, mainly
- 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.
  Packages altered by Centos, Redhat, and Fedora-associated developers are
  not included.
  Backups
  -------
  - 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.
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 Backups
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 Backups
    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.
  - 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
+ - Workstation Backup, do not create folder in /
+ - Workstation Backup, suppress ctime error message on incremental backups
  File Server
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 File Server
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 File Server
  - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint
    authentication.
  - 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)
  ----
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 Localisation
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 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.
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 Mail Server
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 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
+ - Update SBL and RBL Lists
  Server manager
  --------------
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 Server manager
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 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.
+   See: http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock
  - 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.
+   See: http://wiki.contribs.org/Audit_Tools#groups-users
  - 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.
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 Other fixes and updates
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 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 more PHP options to ibays only by db commands.
- - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
+   See: http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration
- - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
+ - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
- - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
+ - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
- - Update frame header and footer
+ - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
- - Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth
+ - Update frame header and footer
- - Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1
+ - 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
-,563 using db command
+,563 using db command.
- - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells
+   See: http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration
  - 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.
+ - Add a verification in the console 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
+ - Display a warning with the domain name before to remove it.
+ - Move mysql logging to multilog
+ - Remove the information_schema
+ - Fix error with flush of xt_recent SSH connections.
+ - Add option to tcpsvd to set socket keepalive.
  General features
  ================
  - Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates
- $Id: README.txt,v 1.7 2014/01/26 05:01:40 wellsi Exp $
+ Ian Wells
+ On behalf of the SME Server development team
+ $Id: README.txt,v 1.12 2014/06/18 15:14:22 wellsi Exp $

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