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1  SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 Release Notes  SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 Release Notes
2  ===================================  ===================================
3    
4  10th April 2014  11th April 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 Beta 4 which is based on CentOS 6.5.
8    
9    This is the final planned Beta of SME Server 9.0.
10    This version has the latest openssl to avoid the heartbleed issue.
11    
12  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
13  tracker (and only there, please);  tracker (and only there, please);
14    
15      http://bugs.contribs.org/      http://bugs.contribs.org/
16    
17    
18    Download
19    ========
20    
21    You can download SME Server 9.0 Beta 4 from
22    http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9.0beta4/iso/x86_64/
23    or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
24    Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
25    during this time you may experience problems.
26    
27    
28  About SME Server  About SME Server
29  ================  ================
30    
31  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
32  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,  enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by Koozali Foundation, Inc.,
33  a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support  a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support
34  for SME Server.  for SME Server.
35    
36  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 50  your have in the field. Please, help the
50    
51  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.  Please visit http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate to donate.
52    
53  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,  Koozali Inc is happy to supply an invoice for any donations received,
54  simply email treasurer@koozali.org  simply email treasurer@koozali.org
55    
56    
# Line 46  Thanks Line 60  Thanks
60  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
61  themselves with this release.  themselves with this release.
62    
63    
64  Notes  Notes
65  =====  =====
66    
# Line 60  The remaining relevant patches from SME Line 75  The remaining relevant patches from SME
75  Note: The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.  Note: The spare handling for RAID arrays is not implemented.
76  Workstation Backup has had many minor changes, see below for details.  Workstation Backup has had many minor changes, see below for details.
77    
78  A new feature has been introduced to block SSH login attempts,  A new feature has been introduced to block SSH login attempts,
79  http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock  http://wiki.contribs.org/AutoBlock
80  It is set by default to reject SSH connections when there have been 3  It is set by default to reject SSH connections when there have been 3
81  or more requests in the previous 15 minutes.  or more requests in the previous 15 minutes.
# Line 96  Backups Line 111  Backups
111  - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default  - Workstation Backup, do not exclude dar files by default
112    in line with console backup.    in line with console backup.
113  - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array  - Workstation Backup, fix selective restore by requesting array
114    of results from CGI.pm.    of results from CGI.pm.
115  - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed  - Workstation Backup, new method to show files being restored is needed
116    when using dar 2.4.    when using dar 2.4.
117  - Simplify the workstation backup report.  - Simplify the workstation backup report.
118  - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1.  - Workstation Backup, count backup sets from 1.
119  - Update the text in the Backup panel.  - Update the text in the Backup panel.
120  - Allow more time for cifs mounts before reporting errors.  - Allow more time for cifs mounts before reporting errors.
121  - Dar updated to 2.4.10.  - Dar updated to 2.4.10.
122  - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after  - Workstation Backup, add a choice to delete old backup before or after
123    backup.    backup.
# Line 124  Backups Line 139  Backups
139    Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default.    Compression level of the console backup is now -6 by default.
140  - Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape  - Patch to exclude trying to backup aquota.* files so that backups to tape
141    will succeed.    will succeed.
142  - Update to the latest version of console restore.  - Update to the latest version of console restore.
143  - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set.  - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set.
144  - Delete items from dar catalog in descending order  - Delete items from dar catalog in descending order
145  - Minor non-functional updates based on PerlCritic and review comments  - Minor non-functional updates based on PerlCritic and review comments
146  - Move console backup to e-smith-backup  - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
147  - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files  - Workstation Backup, selective restore of deleted files
148  - Remove migrate fragment 30vfstype  - Remove migrate fragment 30vfstype
149  - Workstation Backup, Don't delete old sets, only empty them.  - Workstation Backup, Don't delete old sets, only empty them.
150  - Workstation Backup, Mail and WOL now subroutines  - Workstation Backup, Mail and WOL now subroutines
151  - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory, updated.  - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory, updated.
152  - Workstation Backup, backupname includes seconds.  - Workstation Backup, backupname includes seconds.
153  - Simplification of the time routines.  - Simplification of the time routines.
154  - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory.  - Workstation Backup, remove the need for a temporary directory.
155  - Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present  - Allow configuration of workstation backup if no removable disk present
156  - Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog  - Create simplified function for updating the DarCatalog
157    
158    
159  File Server  File Server
# Line 156  File Server Line 171  File Server
171  - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint  - Fix mod_sftp/mod_sftp_pam invalid pool allocation during kbdint
172    authentication.    authentication.
173  - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.  - Replace vfs_shadow_copy with vfs_shadow_copy2 for shadow snapshots.
174  - Remove 20smb as migrating from pre-SME7 is not supported  - Remove 20smb as migrating from pre-SME7 is not supported
175    
176  LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental)  LDAP (Optional in SME 9.0, and considered experimental)
177  ----  ----
# Line 169  Localisation Line 184  Localisation
184  Mail Server  Mail Server
185  -----------  -----------
186  - Only present one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.  - Only present one auth method at a time, in order, to NET::SMTP.
187  - Remove limit properties from the imaps DB entry.  - Remove limit properties from the imaps DB entry.
188  - Apply process limits to dovecot.  - Apply process limits to dovecot.
189  - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam  - Include /usr/bin/refreshclam
190  - Allow webmail-only-local-network.  - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
191  - Fix handling of messages with no body and no trailing \n after  - Fix handling of messages with no body and no trailing \n after
192    headers (eq was used in attempted assignment).    headers (eq was used in attempted assignment).
193  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.  - Fetchmail multidrop mode follows TCPPort setting.
194  - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled.  - Always enable imap, listen on loopback is disabled.
195  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.  - Avoid use of unitialised variables in smtp migrate fragments.
# Line 196  Mail Server Line 211  Mail Server
211  - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local.  - Requires e-smith-cvm-unix-local.
212  - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.  - Load TextCat plugin if ok_languages is enabled.
213  - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.  - Fix how qpsmtpd tags spam email.
214  - Remove Packager and Vendor from spec file.  - Remove Packager and Vendor from spec file.
215  - Revert last change.  - Revert last change.
216  - Sources are local, do not download them.  - Sources are local, do not download them.
217  - Updates to release 0.98.1  - Updates to release 0.98.1
218  - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.  - Handle exceptions during attempted SASL auth. Add more debug tracing.
219  - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail  - Remove DENYSOFT on SPF softfail
220  - Remove insecure ciphers  - Remove insecure ciphers
221  - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email  - Remove workarounds for how qpsmtpd tags spam email
222  - Fix whitespace in 10required_score  - Fix whitespace in 10required_score
223    
224  Server manager  Server manager
# Line 215  Server manager Line 230  Server manager
230  - Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager.  - Renew donation text and graphic in server-manager.
231  - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.  - Update footer copyright and renew full copyright text.
232  - Change wording of Software Update button.  - Change wording of Software Update button.
233  - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images  - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
234  - Remove references to obsolete images, by Stephane de Labrusse  - Remove references to obsolete images, by Stephane de Labrusse
235  - Fix new starter website.  - Fix new starter website.
236  - Update location of Primary index.html.  - Update location of Primary index.html.
237    
238  Webmail and Groupware  Webmail and Groupware
239  ---------------------  ---------------------
240  - Allow webmail-only-local-network.  - Allow webmail-only-local-network.
241  - Don't use SSL over loopback.  - Don't use SSL over loopback.
242  - Replace last change with a default value for horde access  - Replace last change with a default value for horde access
243  - Ensure initialisation of variables in webmail-only-local-network.  - Ensure initialisation of variables in webmail-only-local-network.
244    
245  Web Server  Web Server
246  ----------  ----------
247  - Force magic_quotes Off.  - Force magic_quotes Off.
248  - Remove insecure ciphers  - Remove insecure ciphers
249    
250  Other fixes and updates  Other fixes and updates
251  -----------------------  -----------------------
252  - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.  - Add ssh-autoblock for external interface.
253  - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.  - Do not hardcode NIC names to eth0 and eth1.
254  - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.  - Return nic names in probeAdapters so we can drop HWAddress.
255  - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.  - Remove HWAddress prop from interfaces.
256  - Remove the "swap interface" feature.  - Remove the "swap interface" feature.
257  - Remove obsolete VLAN code.  - Remove obsolete VLAN code.
258  - Load the bonding module if NIC bonding is enabled.  - Load the bonding module if NIC bonding is enabled.
259  - Define the udev-post service in the DB.  - Define the udev-post service in the DB.
260  - Provide the ability to restrict ibay access to http.  - Provide the ability to restrict ibay access to http.
261  - Restart rsyslog in logrotate event.  - Restart rsyslog in logrotate event.
262  - Set smb ServerName if unset.  - Set smb ServerName if unset.
263  - Don't reload init in bootstrap-console-save and console-save.  - Don't reload init in bootstrap-console-save and console-save.
264  - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.  - Fix add_new_disk_to_raid1.
265  - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.  - Provide the ability to force https per ibay.
266  - Add an audit for groups.  - Add an audit for groups.
267  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.  - Update the full names of users added in %pre.
268  - 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.
# Line 306  Other fixes and updates Line 321  Other fixes and updates
321  - Update installer hard drive warning.  - Update installer hard drive warning.
322  - Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install.  - Customize confirmation dialogs during fresh install.
323  - Run installer in 'text' mode.  - Run installer in 'text' mode.
324  - Roll new stream to really remove obsolete images  - Roll new stream to really remove obsolete images
325  - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images  - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
326  - Move console backup to e-smith-backup  - Move console backup to e-smith-backup
327  - Remove support.pl from e-smith-base and move to smeserver-support  - Remove support.pl from e-smith-base and move to smeserver-support
328  - Console restore should reboot  - Console restore should reboot
329  - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set  - Boostrap console should only offer restore if no password set
330  - Add restore backup as a console item for freshly installed servers  - Add restore backup as a console item for freshly installed servers
331  - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm  - Non-code changes to perform_restore.pm
332  - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore  - Refer to removable media not CDROM in console restore
333  - Remove insecure SSL ciphers  - Remove insecure SSL ciphers
334  - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands  - Add more PHP options to ibays only by db commands
335  - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled  - Add SSLRequireSSL to ibays when SSL is set to enabled
336  - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays  - Force https per ibay should not be the default for existing ibays
337  - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm  - Add textbox() to console.pm, getLicenseFile to util.pm
338  - Update frame header and footer  - Update frame header and footer
339  - Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth  - Use mysql_upgrade in 00_restore_dumped_dbs, by Terje Edseth
340  - Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1  - Use mysql_upgrade --force due to upgrade to MySQL 5.1
341  - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.  - Prevent server being used in NTP amplification attacks.
342  - Code by Jesper Holck  - Code by Jesper Holck
343  - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than  - Modify template to allow Squid proxy https access to ports other than
344    443,563 using db command    443,563 using db command
345  - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells  - Codes by Ray Mitchell and Ian Wells
346  - 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
347    appearing on the console    appearing on the console
348  - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file  - Correct offest in runlevel7 patch to avoid .orig file
349  - Remove CentOS Branding patch  - Remove CentOS Branding patch
350  - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files  - Add logcheck to help analyse errors in the log files
351  - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images  - Roll new stream to remove obsolete images
352  - Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support  - Move support.pl from e-smith-base to smeserver-support
353  - The console license page now uses dialog's textbox.  - The console license page now uses dialog's textbox.
354  - Ensure console is run with taint checking.  - Ensure console is run with taint checking.
355    
# Line 343  General features Line 358  General features
358    
359  - Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates  - Based on CentOS 6.5 and all available updates
360    
361  $Id: README.txt,v 1.8 2014/03/30 04:08:35 wellsi Exp $  
362    Ian Wells
363    
364    On behalf of the SME Server development team
365    $Id: README.txt,v 1.9 2014/04/07 16:24:22 wellsi Exp $


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