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15 | <B>Andrew Church</B> | |
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17 | TITLE="[IRCServices] Services 4.5pre0 released">achurch at achurch.org | |
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19 | <I>Mon Jan 29 08:57:09 PST 2001</I> | |
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34 | <PRE> Services 4.5pre0 has been released, and can be downloaded from: | |
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36 | <A HREF="ftp://ftp.esper.net/ircservices/ircservices-4.5pre0.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.esper.net/ircservices/ircservices-4.5pre0.tar.gz</A> | |
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38 | ftp.ircservices.za.net and the mirror sites should have it soon. | |
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40 | Please note that this is a BETA VERSION and as such may have numerous | |
41 | bugs in it. (It's been running without incident on EsperNet for close to | |
42 | 2 days now, however.) Networks which require stable versions of Services | |
43 | should stay with the current stable version until 4.5.0 is released. | |
44 | However, testing would be appreciated on those networks which can afford | |
45 | to. In particular, experimental support has been added for the Unreal IRC | |
46 | server, version 3.1.1; if you are using this server, please try out the | |
47 | new support (option 31 in the configure script) and let me know of any | |
48 | bugs or problems. | |
49 | ||
50 | As usual, Services 4.5 uses a data file format incompatible with | |
51 | previous releases of Services, so be sure to keep backups of your earlier | |
52 | databases in case something goes wrong. I am looking at another format | |
53 | which would allow for backwards compatibility for the 5.0 release, which I | |
54 | am planning to follow 4.5. | |
55 | ||
56 | Also, a note to users of languages other than English: The language | |
57 | files in Services are currently very outdated, and many messages, | |
58 | including most of the "main" help messages, are commented out in the | |
59 | language files and available in English only. Any assistance in updating | |
60 | the language files would be appreciated; please send updates to me at | |
61 | <<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>>. | |
62 | ||
63 | Following is an extract from the Services 4.5pre0 WhatsNew file: | |
64 | ||
65 | ! NOTICE to those using encryption: Services 4.4.x and earlier had a bug | |
66 | in the encryption routine causing passwords to be incorrectly | |
67 | encrypted. This bug is fixed in 4.5.0, but as a consequence, all | |
68 | passwords set in earlier versions are not directly readable by | |
69 | Services. A workaround is available in the "configure" script, but | |
70 | enabling this workaround may decrease the security of some | |
71 | passwords. I recommend enabling the workaround for the first 30 | |
72 | days (or whatever you have your nickname expiration period set to), | |
73 | adding a logon news item asking users to set their password again | |
74 | (this can be the same as the old password, as long as they run the | |
75 | SET PASSWORD command again), and disabling the workaround after | |
76 | that time has passed. | |
77 | + Services now supports the "Services stamp" feature in DAL 4.4.15+ | |
78 | compatible servers (including Dreamforge and Bahamut). This feature | |
79 | allows Services to attach an ID value to each user which will be | |
80 | retained even when the network splits, for increased security when | |
81 | re-granting privileges after a split. | |
82 | + Added SOP, AOP, and VOP commands as an alternate method of managing | |
83 | channel access lists. (ACCESS can still be used as before.) | |
84 | + Added support for suspending channels. Like suspended nicknames, all | |
85 | settings will be retained during the suspension period. | |
86 | + Services can now be configured to require an E-mail address at nickname | |
87 | registration time. | |
88 | + Added UNSET command to NickServ and ChanServ for clearing URLs and | |
89 | E-mail addresses. | |
90 | + Added OperServ CLEARCHAN command to remove all users from a channel. | |
91 | + Added OperServ SU command to allow any Services admin to gain super-user | |
92 | privileges (with the appropriate password). | |
93 | + Time specifications (in services.conf, for autokills, etc.) can now | |
94 | include multiple units, for example "1h30m". | |
95 | + Sending a SIGUSR2 signal to Services will cause the log file to be | |
96 | closed and reopened. Use in combination with "mv" to rotate the | |
97 | log file. | |
98 | + Added experimental support for the Unreal server (version 3.1.1). | |
99 | * Support for the DALnet Bahamut server has been improved. Note that | |
100 | only versions 1.4.1 and later are supported (support for earlier | |
101 | versions has been dropped). | |
102 | ||
103 | --Andrew Church | |
104 | <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A> | New address - please note. | |
105 | <A HREF="http://achurch.org/">http://achurch.org/</A> | \e$B%a!<%k%"%I%l%9$,JQ$o$j$^$7$?!#\e(B | |
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