Hi Olivier,

How download only the Admin guide for 1.9.0rc1?



Thomas.


Olivier Bilodeau a écrit :
> Hi fellow PacketFence users,
>
> Updated snapshot of the upcoming 1.9.0 release were made available on 
> our website moments ago.
>
> http://www.packetfence.org/download/snapshots.html
>
> Fresh from Holland, this release incorporates major new features since 
> last snapshot and a massive quantity of enhancements and bugfixes since 
> 1.8.7. Because of this, consider 1.8.7 the last release of the 1.8.x 
> branch except for important security fixes. There will be no 1.8.8.
>
> On another note, we have some important work already committed in trunk 
> that will shape what will most likely become 1.10.0 including a lot of 
> work on integration between 802.1x wired, wireless and our SNMP modules 
> to provide uniform functionality. Stay tuned!
>
> But for the meantime, back to the snapshot, here is a summary of the 
> changes since 1.8.8-0.20100406:
>
> New Hardware Support
> - Port security and Voice over IP support for Foundry FastIron 4802 
> (feature sponsored by an entity who prefered to remain anonymous)
>
> New features
> - Node category support, you can assign different VLANs or whitelist 
> violations based on a node's category (#968)
> - Added support for Floating Network Devices (See Admin Guide for details)
>
> Enhancements
> - More information available in Node Lookup (IP, DHCP lease)
> - pfsetvlan is more resistant to configuration mistakes and reports them 
> (#766)
> - Net-SNMP 5.4 support (#940 Thanks to Maikel)
> - Even more work on error-reporting (#847, #964, #993)
> - New helper synchronization scripts in addons/high-availability
> - Even more little improvements (#866, #916, #952)
>
> Documentation improvements
> - Added directions to configure PacketFence in a routed environment to 
> the admin guide
> - More MySQL tips (#951)
>
> Bug fixes
> - Even more captive portal stability fixes (#961)
> - Fixed RPM spec to create package packetfence-remote-snort-sensor again 
> (#888)
> - Fixed problems with DHCP Fingerprint submission
> - Fixed call to non-existing script lookup_node.pl in pfdhcplistener (#858)
> - Correct VLAN information shown in Node Lookup (#893)
> - Minor corrections to the Admin Web UI
> - Clarified some error messages
> - Misc. stability and general fixes (#833, #885, #868, #869, #896, #923, 
> #927, #946, #950)
>
> For the curious, a complete list of changes since latest stable release 
> will be provided at the end of this email.
>
> If you are upgrading, always remember to check the UPGRADE file provided 
> by the RPM or in the source tarball.
>
> Let us know if you experience any problems.
>
> By the way, we now have a development yum repository if you want to 
> track development releases more easily. Instructions on setting it up 
> are provided in the snapshot page.
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Have a great day!
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Version 1.9.0rc1 - released on 2010-06-01
>
> New
> - Official Linux 64 bit support
>
> New Hardware Support
> - Cisco Wireless Services Module (WiSM)
> - Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISR) 1800 Series
> - Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series
> - Port security and Voice over IP support for Foundry FastIron 4802
>
> New Features
> - Node category support, you can assign different VLANs or whitelist 
> violations based on a node's category (#968)
> - Added support for Floating Network Devices (See Admin Guide for details)
>
> Enhancements
> - Improved error reporting in the web administration panel and cli 
> (#847, #898, #899, #964, #993)
> - More information available in Node Lookup (IP, DHCP lease)
> - Improved database layer (more robust and logs errors)
> - pfsetvlan is more resistant to configuration mistakes and reports them 
> (#766)
> - Net-SNMP 5.4 support (#940 Thanks to Maikel)
> - @ character now allowed in person id (pid). This is very common in 
> Active Directory environment.
> - New admin authentication mechanism added (disabled by default)
> - New debugging features (disabled by default)
> - New DHCP fingerprints
> - Optional backup script in addons/ now archives old records
> - New helper synchronization scripts in addons/high-availability
> - Little improvements (#866, #911, #916, #952)
>
> Documentation improvements
> - Install guide more accurate
> - Added directions to configure PacketFence in a routed environment to 
> the admin guide
> - More MySQL tips (#951)
>
> Bug fixes
> - Performance fixes (#908, #910)
> - Captive portal stability fixes (#892, #961)
> - Mitigated Net::Telnet problems with perl threads (#903, #907)
> - Proper violation description shown in violation edit (#922)
> - Fixed RPM spec to create package packetfence-remote-snort-sensor again 
> (#888)
> - Fixed PacketFence RPM upgrade bug if your version is lower than 1.8.5 
> (#931)
> - Fixed rare port-security problems with stacked switches or switches 
> with large ifIndex (#921)
> - Fixed problems with DHCP Fingerprint submission
> - Fixed call to non-existing script lookup_node.pl in pfdhcplistener (#858)
> - Correct VLAN information shown in Node Lookup (#893)
> - Minor corrections to the Admin Web UI
> - Clarified some error messages
> - Misc. stability and general fixes (#833, #885, #868, #869, #896, #923, 
> #927, #946, #950)
>
>   

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