PowerFolder Server 9 SP2

Owned by Florian Lahr (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Apr 02, 2014
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PowerFolder Server 9 SP2 Release Notes

Release date: March 2014

Build number: 9.2.76

Important Notes about the PowerFolder Server 9 SP2 Release

Character encodings then uploading files via web to Windows Servers

We found an issue with web uploads and files including special characters, e.g. German umlauts and other language-specific characters, on Windows-based operating systems. On those systems the files aren't stored in UTF-8 after the upload. Client data transfers are not affected by this problem. While we fixed it on new installations, existing customers have to edit the wrapper.conf file in the installation directory and add the following parameter right after the wrapper.java.additional.5 parameter:

wrapper.java.additional.6=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

If the wrapper.java.additional.6 parameter already exists, please choose the next free number. In general, please adjust the number so it follows the number before.

(tick) Restart the service to apply the changes.

Improvements

  • Auto-assignment of profiles based on LDAP groups not working

  • Additional email template files for header and footer

  • Better recovery from timeouts when connecting to the licensing service

  • Check for maximum users on the server license when creating an organization

  • Client backup improvements

  • Disabled option to change password if user is authenticated via RADIUS

  • Fixed several startup errors

  • Improved checks for user account limit on organizations

  • Improved configuration for XSS prevention library

  • Improved organization list

  • Increased filesize limit for drag and drop upload to 2GB

  • LDAP synchronization of display names and phone numbers

  • Licensing problem with usernames containing spaces

  • Option to define excludes in sync profiles

  • Option to turn off automatic creation of organizations for different Shibboleth IdPs

  • Organization dashboard

  • Renamed configs to profiles

  • Session token to authenticate users when accessing the web interface from a client

  • Shibboleth configuration page

  • Shibboleth organizations now have unlimited quota and number of users by default

  • Support for logging to a Syslog server

  • Support for permissions and quota settings in profiles

Bugfixes

  • Account list overview displays null if surname or last name is empty

  • Synchronization on some folders gets stuck in cluster environments

  • Deleted folders reappear after they have been deleted by an admin

  • Deleting the archive doesn't update quota instantly

  • Drag and drop upload in recent Chrome Browser versions not working

  • Folder members are listed when viewing a public folder

  • Folder settings page not working

  • Improved licensing service failover logic

  • Memory leak when using ZIP compression on low entropy files

  • Organization can't be removed from user account

  • Organization notes are not updated properly

  • Possible backgroud unmount prevents web file upload

  • Reduced number of open file handles on Linux

  • Server fails to start with NullPointerException

  • Sort options overlap breadcrumbs on Internet Explorer 9

  • Sub-admin can define if server should use TLS for outbound mails

  • Uploading files without any content via web upload doesn't work

  • Users can't be removed from organization when userlimit for organization is reached

  • WebDAV URL still displayed on the folder settings page even WebDAV is disabled

  • Wrong encoding of files uploaded via web

  • Wrong text when viewing the folder list of an account with no folders assigned