5.5beta9 is now in ftp.e-smith.org/pub/dev and on our mirror sites. Please use a mirror close to you.
Please take all the usual precautions, and remember to send all feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------ SME Server Version 5.5beta9 Release Notes - June 3, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Network Server Solutions Group of Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of SME Server Version 5.5beta9. *** NOTE: This is a developer preview. Do not install this release on *** *** production servers. Please report all feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** This release includes some new features and a number of package updates. This release is also available as a bundled solution including ServiceLink, a set of network-delivered applications and services. For more information please visit http://www.mitel.com/sme/ Automatic detection of an upgradeable system -------------------------------------------- - The installer detects whether the system is an existing SME Server installation, and offers the choice to upgrade the system. In order to perform a fresh install over the top of an existing server, "more options" must be typed in place of "proceed". - The installer also detects an SME Server system that has not been correctly shut down prior to upgrading. An upgrade cannot be performed reliably on such a system. To upgrade in this case: - Halt the system - Remove the installation CD - Start up the system normally - Shut the system down using the "Shutdown" option from the server console - Restart the installation from CD If a fresh install is desired instead of an upgrade, type "more options". Internationalization -------------------- - Internationalization infrastructure has been added to the installer, server console and server manager web panels. - The system can now be installed in English or Canadian French Note: When installing in Canadian French, you must use type following phrases instead of "proceed" or "more options" continuer (instead of proceed) plus d'options (instead of more options) - International keyboard support has been added. The default keyboard is "us" for English installs and "cf" for Canadian French installs, although the desired keyboard can be selected during system installation. - The time zone can now be set during system installation. The default time zone is US/Eastern (for English installs) and Canada/Eastern (for Canadian French installs). Upgrading from previous releases -------------------------------- - Upgrades from SMEServer 5.0/5.1.x and e-smith 4.1.2 auto-detected - Direct upgrades from e-smith versions prior to 4.1.2 are NOT supported - See http://www.e-smith.org/bugs/index.php3?op=showBug&bugID=62 for more information. IMPORTANT CHANGES TO MAIL ------------------------- - Obtuse SMTPD has been replaced with mailfront as the SMTP daemon. All standard templates have been converted, but custom templates which rely on Obtuse SMTPD need to be converted to mailfront format. - smtpfront-qmail is a drop-in replacement for qmail-smtpd with some additional features - see http://untroubled.org/mailfront/smtpfront.html for more information. - smtpfront-qmail supports /var/qmail/control/badmailfrom (as for qmail-smtpd) and /var/qmail/control/badrcptto Web panels rewritten with FormMagick ------------------------------------ - The FormMagick package provides a simple method to write web panels with full internationalization support Testing infrastructure ---------------------- - A comprehensive testing infrastructure has been added. Many of the reworked panels use this testing infrastructure Summary of differences 5.1.2 -> 5.5 ----------------------------------- - It is now possible to specify hosts that have remote access to the manager using HTTPS from the Remote Access panel - Support for Windows Proxy Auto-detection and Netscape automatic proxy configuration files has been added - Backup-to-disk estimates now properly reflect used disk space - The contents of /root are now added to backups and restores - The Apache web server configuration templates have been changed to simplify addition of entries to VirtualHosts - Object-oriented interfaces to the configuration databases have been added - Custom kickstart files are preserved during an install - The CDROM is now accessible after upgrades - Quotas can now be removed from users and are restored from backups - Multidrop email is now passed through anti-relay rules - SMTP now accepts mail for unqualified Postmaster address on the external interface - php.ini is now templated - The online manual link has been removed from the console - It is no longer possible to create a "common" ibay - The reinstall floppy option now generates a smaller ks.cfg file - Locking has been added to configuration database writes - Hostname resolution timeouts have been increased for dialup connected servers Package Upgrades ---------------- - All packages have been upgraded to the latest RedHat 7.2 updates, with the exception of the kernel (2.2.19-7.0.8) and a few associated kernel related packages (Thanks, Shad Lords) - IMP has been upgraded to version 3.0 (Thanks, Dan Brown) - PHP has been upgraded to 4.1.2 - Samba has been upgraded to 2.2.4 - FreeS/WAN has been upgraded to 1.97 - The following packages have been added to the standard installation: lsof man python2 strace tcpdump -- Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lead Product Developer Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com/ Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ Phone: +1 (613) 592 5660 or 592 2122 Fax: +1 (613) 592 1175 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
