Igaware Version 10.3.0-2 released #Igaware #linuxsbs

* New Features and Improvements *

  • Dynamic DNS. We have added support for several Dynamic DNS providers to the Network administration section.
  • The server time is now updated at boot time via NTP and the BIOS clock is reset.
  • Updated the dmidecode system executable.
  • Config interface improvements

* Fixes *

  • Fixed a problem with the Port Forwarding network page.
  • Winbinnd. Fixed a problem with the SAMBA Winbinnd daemon. At start-up the old ( pre v4) config file was used.
  • MySQL, Changed the startup behaviour. By default the Mysql server will restart itself if it crashes. IOHO, this is not good. We want the server to stop on a crash so that the cause can be investigated.
  • System Health monitor. The warning email sender domain is now selected based on valid MX records.
  • Fixed a problem with passwords when used with Zarafa. Dollar signs within the password were not escaped properly.
  • Several small fixed to Samba. The os level configuration parameter has been removed.

New in Version 10.3.0-1 [Mon Oct 27 2014]
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* Fixes *

  • Security – Installed newest OpenSSL libraries.
  • Security – Installed newest SSH package.
  • Fixed some problems with the configuration interface.
  • Fixed an HTML layout problem within the email activity report.

New in Version 10.3.0 [Sun Oct 19 2014]
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* New Features and Improvements *

  • Re-written the Igaware configuration interface to comply with HTML-5.
  • Updated Zarafa to the latest version – 7.1.11
  • Updated Mysql to the lastest version.
  • Updated the ClamAV AV software to version 98.4
  • Added a new option to Activity Reporting=> Clear Logs. You may now specify the Days worth of activity to keep. Previously, this was hard coded to 95 days.
  • Updated the closed-source Zarafa binaries to the latest version.
  • Added a “brick level” Zarafa backup option.
  • The Igaware Backup now stores catalogue information as compressed files on the fly. This massively reduces the memory requirments during the backup process.
  • Improved the reliability of PPTP connections from an Apple iPad.
  • All hard disk drives now have their write-caches disabled.
  • Improved the AV health checking script. The test now takes 1 second rather than 40.
  • Recompiled the NTP server to add Samba signed NTP time support.
  • Modified the NTPD daemon to include signed NTP.
  • Added mod_deflate to the HTTP server configuration to allow on the fly compression of network payload.
  • ClamAV Anti-virus. The signature database update script has been rewritten. We now include the securiteinfo database.
  • Added Grub boot options to allow boot into single user mode and to skip the FSCK disk check.
  • The SAMBA-4 upgrade script now calls “convmv” to convert iso to utf-8 filenames in fileserver space.
  • Added date picker UI to the Activity Log Cleardown page.

* Fixes *

  • Zarafa Search – fixed a problem with Zarafa Search, the Zarafa search indexer.
  • Log Viewer – fixed the display of Rsync Backup logs in the System=> Log viewer.
  • Mail Scanner – fixed a problem when an email was identified as Spam via the Virus Scanner. A very small number of emails would be reported as being a Virus instead of Spam.
  • Zarafa Backup – fixed a problem where the failure of the Zarafa email backup would not be reported properly.
  • FIXED – zero conf file size when /var out of space TODO
  • Web Site Blocking – fixed a problem where the schedule was enabled when it shouldn’t have been
  • Email Activity report – Uppercase usernames were not searched.

New in Version 10.2.0-1 [Wed July 29 2014]
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* New Features and Improvements *

  • [ for 10.2.0-1 ] Updated the Windows Software (Samba) to version 4.
  • [ for 10.2.0-1 ] Updated the Fetchmail (POP/IMAP retrieval) software.
  • Updated the Zarafa Server to the newest version of 7.1.10. This supports Click To Run ( CTR) Outlook versions. The Zarafa Client software will now automatically update to the latest version.
  • Updated the POP/IMAP Fetchmail program to the latest version.
  • Added the Zarafa search indexer for fast searching of Zarafa folders.
  • Added “Send Queue Now” to the System Status=> Email Queue Status page. If selected, then immediate delivery of all emails in the Queue will be attempted.
  • Added the Load Balance WAN interface failover status to the System status page.
  • Updated several libraries.
  • Installed an NTP Server. The Igaware box can now act as an NTP time server for LAN clients.
  • Installed a new NTP package to replace the previous xntp3 package.
  • Installed the latest OpenLDAP package.
  • Improved the Test Internet Connection. It now tests for connectivity to the Igaware Update servers. ( Now tries updates.igaware.com on port 873).
  • RAID devices with a new superblock format can now be started at boot time, using /etc/rc.sysinit.extra.first
  • Installed the CLucene search libraries for the Zarafa search indexer.
  • [ for 10.2.0-1 ] Updated the DOS filesystem tools.
  • [ for 10.2.0-1 ] Changed the memory usage bar chart on the System Information page. Now doesn’t show memory Usage in red, only for swap over 15%.
  • [ for 10.2.0-1 ] Installed the latest BIND DNS nameserver software.

* Fixes *

  • Fixed getFileParams so that a ‘=’ can be included in a value if the delimiter = ‘=’
  • Fixed the load balance and pppoe watchdogs to use -I iface in ping instead of the IP address of the interface.
  • [ for 10.2.0-1 ] Fixed a problem with the new Fetchmail software package.

New in Version 10.2.0 [Fri July 04 2014]
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* New Features and Improvements *

  • Updated the Zarafa Server to the newest version of 7.1.10. This supports Click To Run (CTR) Outlook versions. The Zarafa Client software will now automatically update to the latest version.
  • Updated several libraries.
  • Installed an NTP Server. The Igaware box can now act as an NTP time server for LAN clients.
  • Installed a new NTP package to replace the previous xntp3 package.
  • Installed the latest OpenLDAP package.
  • Improved the Test Internet Connection. It now tests for connectivity to the Igaware Update servers. ( Now tries updates.igaware.com on port 873).
  • RAID devices with a new superblock format can now be started at boot time, using /etc/rc.sysinit.extra.first

* Fixes *

  • Fixed getFileParams so that a ‘=’ can be included in a value if the delimiter = ‘=’
  • Fixed the load balance and pppoe watchdogs to use -I iface in ping instead of the IP address of the interface.
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