Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of the third public beta of the unsupported developer release of version 6.0 of the SME Server.

The changes in this release include engineering improvements, a new look and feel and Spanish language support for the server manager web interface, and the inclusion of a port forwarding panel.

Comments or bug reports should be sent to smebugs@mitel.com (and only there, please)

This release is available from our mirror sites.

Kernel update

• The kernel has been updated to RedHat's 2.4.20-18.7 version, for improved reliability, security and hardware compatibility
• The installer now always installs both the SMP and uniprocessor kernels

Name server

• The "bind" name server has been replaced by the more reliable and secure tinydns/dnscache program set written by Dan Bernstein.

IMAP daemon replacement

• The dovecot IMAP daemon (http://dovecot.procontrol.fi/) has been integrated, in place of the previously used University of Washington daemon.

Other package updates

• RedHat 7.3 update packages have been used wherever available
• imp (webmail) has been upgraded to 3.2.1
• the horde framework has been upgraded to 2.2.1
• proftpd has been upgraded to 1.2.8
• Samba has been upgraded to 2.2.8a
• Flexbackup has been upgraded to 1.1.6
• The buffering program mbuffer has been included

Changes in Mitel packages

• The look and feel of the server manager web interface has been changed
• Spanish language support has been added to the server manager.
• The navigation function of the server manager now includes caching to improve performance, which should be noticeable on lower end hardware.
• A port forwarding web interface panel has been included.
• A group of infrastructure changes has been introduced which allow a significant reduction in the code in service "interface" packages:
  • the "primary" file space is now a pre-defined (and unremovable) i-bay
  • the primary domain appears in the domains database
  • the local network appears in the networks database.
  • Simplified database initialization - see below
• The default tape format is now 'tar', rather than 'dump'. Old 'dump' tapes will be recognized for restores
• The mysql database daemon is configured by default to accept only local connections (i.e. it is not accessible via the network). This is a security precaution. We only use mysql for webmail preferences, and only require access from localhost.
  If you wish to enable local network access, you can do so via:

   /sbin/e-smith/config setprop mysqld LocalNetworkingOnly no
   /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/my.cnf
   /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld restart
  

• Many other small changes and bug fixes. See the changelog for individual packages for details.

Simplified database initialization and migration

• For each database, a directory tree /etc/e-smith/db/xxx/migrate may contain template fragments which contain code to perform schema migration between existing database entries and a new format for those entries.
• For each database, a directory tree is set up rooted at /etc/e-smith/db/xxx/defaults. Within that directory, directories containing small files set up a set of default property values for a set up database entries.
• For each database, a directory tree is set up rooted at /etc/e-smith/db/xxx/force which may contain forced property values for database entries. This directory tree can be used by packages to enforce particular policies.

Changes from 6.0beta1 to 6.0beta2

• The "multilink" option has been added to the PPTP configuration. This appears to improve compatibility with Windows XP.
• The Samba configuration wrongly enabled netlogons when the domain master setting was disabled
• The domains panel now allows domains to be added
• The DNS forwarder configuration has been fixed
• The Quotas panel and reports now work correctly
• The Download option of View Log Files now generates filenames which will be automatically opened in Notepad under Windows XP - Internet Explorer appears to ignore valid HTTP headers.
• The dovecot IMAP server has been upgraded with the latest fixes
• The generation of usb aliases in /etc/modules.conf has been corrected
• The mail button was missing from the IMP address book
• Tape restore is now working
• A cosmetic startup problem with the 'masq' script has been corrected
• Public access to the imap server is now possible (though discouraged)
• Icons have been added to the success/failure messages of most panels
• The fetchmail/ETRN configuration has been corrected
• An error in the dhcpd.conf configuration has been corrected
• The 'fr-ca' browser language is now detected correctly as French

Changes from 6.0beta2 to 6.0beta3

• The dovecot IMAP server has been upgraded with to the latest version (0.99.10) with a sort-by-date fix applied
• Memory limits for IMAP server processes have been relaxed (128MB per process) to allow reliable operation with mailboxes with very large numbers of very large messages
• An error with virtual domain to i-bay mapping in httpd.conf has been corrected
• Problems with modification of FTP access settings via the remote access panel have been corrected
• Remote access to the server manager can now be delegated to single IP addresses (i.e. a netmask of 255.255.255.255)
• A number of problems with the merging of exising and restored password, group and smbpasswd files have been resolved.
• The startup sequence has been modified so that ctrlaltdel is enabled and logins are setup on tty2 and tty3 before rc7.d services are started.
• A problem with caching of group details in the groups panel has been resolved
• A problem which caused some services to revert to "private" access during upgrade has been corrected.
• dhcpcd is now always disabled in serveronly mode
• Spanish localization of the navigation frame has been completed
• All newly added users now have a pre-created junkmail IMAP folder
• Various problems with the initialization and migration of webmail mysql databases have been corrected
• Webmail now allows composition of saved draft messages to be resumed
• Delete preferred master and local master settings from smb.conf templates - this allows the samba defaults to do the correct thing
• Set wins support to follow domain master setting
• Remove explicit fill-in of destination port (if left blank), and update text, in portforwarding panel.
• Eliminate duplicate host records in tinydns data file
• Remove intermediate page from logfile download page in viewlogfiles panel.
• Add Epoch header to proftpd rpm to allow smooth upgrade over 1.2.5-fr1.
• Include RedHat's security update version of unzip.
• Miscellaneous other minor bug fixes. See package changelogs for details.