Release date: September 2013
Build number: 8.2.44
Client release notes can be found in the client documentation.
Important Notes about the PowerFolder Server 8 Service Pack 2 ReleaseAJP connector portTo support authentication through external sites like Shibboleth IdP portals, we now introduced an Apache JServ Protctol port, which can be enabled by a Server Configuration File setting:
The port is not enabled by default, means if you want to use it, it has to be explicity added and set to the Server Configuration File. Separate documentation about how to use it together with Shibboleth and other external authentication systems will follow soon with the PowerFolder Server 9 release. Improved startup scriptThere have been some bugfixes and improvements in the server startup script, therefore we recommend to replace the old Please note to change the values for Furthermore the New setting for inviting external usersIn the past it was not possible to control if existing users can invite new users, so they get an account on the server, without disabling the invitation function completely, except when using LDAP. Now we introduced a new Server Configuration File setting to disable external user invitations, when using the database only for user authentication:
The setting is by default set to "true", means it is enabled, to not break existing installations. Therefore in most cases you don't need to change anything. Please also check the Permissions section in the Server Configuration File documentation |