Recommended update for comfire packages

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(Last modified: 13JAN2003)

solutions Recommended update for comfire packages SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (8bbf6e2de9f99a21eb38ef63ee4f5cad)

Applies to

Product(s): SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4

Package: comfire-intranet
comfire-webmail
comfire-sync
Release: 20030113
Obsoletes: none

Indications

This update is recommended for everyone running the SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.

Contraindications

None.

Description

Bugfixes for the groupware

Fixed problems with user names containing an apostrophe.
The moderator of a forum is now able to delete any message in the forum. All submessages will be deleted, too.
Optimized clean-up after terminating sessions. Checking for unused database connections and removing unused objects after the session has been terminated.
LDAP groups in the address bar are shown in alphabetic order
Migration of contacts without an organisation: a new empty address is created for each contact without organisation.
Optimized database connection routine.
Optimized file upload routine: Now file upload should be faster when using the ext3 filesystem.

Bugfixes for the webmail interface

The buttons "Send", "Save as drafts" and "Cancel" when composing a mail now also appear at the bottom of the composer.
Searching for addresses in the private addressbook now possible.
Shared folders will appear in the addressbook now.
Messages can be saved as a draft even without specifying a recipient now.
Better handling of message deletion if no folder for deleted mail has been defined.
Temporary upload files will now be stored below /tmp/.WebMail/, only writable by the comfire user.
Composing mails is also possible with Netscape 4 now.
The "�" ("sz" ligature) is now displayed correctly within messages.
Optimized encoding routine; The Euro symbol is now displayed correctly.
Use "Reply-To" address when replying to a message.

Bugfixes for the sync module

The username for authentification gets converted to lower case now. Background: the authentication via LDAP is not case sensitive but the SQL-queries of the database is case sensitiv. This might cause problems with usernames which contain upper case letters.
Usage of German umlauts in passwords now possible.

Increased database performance
In order to get a better database performance, you may want to create two additional database indices using the following commands:

 psql -U comfire -d comfire -c     "CREATE INDEX prg_dates_members_idx2 ON prg_dates_members (member_uid);" psql -U comfire -d comfire -c     "CREATE INDEX prg_contacts_idx ON prg_contacts (sid);"

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

To update this package, the following steps are required:

Switch your system to runlevel 2 with the command init 2
Install the new package by using rpm -Uhv comfire-intranet.rpm comfire-webmail.rpm comfire-sync.rpm
Switch back to the last runlevel. You may use this command: init $(runlevel | cut -d" " -f1)

links to download packages

SUSE Linux Openexchange Server 4 (i386)

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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