PowerFolder Server 11 SP5

Owned by Daniel Maletz (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jan 21, 2019
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PowerFolder Server 11 SP5 Release Notes

  • Release date: Jan 2018
  • Build Number: 11.5.629
  • Type: Drop-In


Upgrade Information

  • Please follow the regular upgrade documentation for Windows or Linux.
  • No extra steps or configurations are required during this upgrade. Please read our LDAP configuration documentation before updating a system with LDAP authentication. New LDAP Configuration with Version 11.5
  • Upgrading any previous version is possible.
  • Cluster: Running different versions on the servers in the cluster is supported but limited to version >= 11.5 when using LDAP.
  • Federation API is incompatible to version below 11.5. Please review our documentation before upgrading.
  • For upgrading from a version < 11.4 please read the Upgrade information for the 11.4.565 release.

Downgrade information (optional)

  • In case a downgrade to a previous version is necessary:
  • Version 11.5 is forward and backward compatible to older and newer versions.
  • Simply replace the PowerFolder-Server.jar file with that from the previous version you would like to run.
  • When you are using LDAP authentication:
    • Enter your PowerFolder.config file before starting the server.
    • Delete the entries LDAP.<index>.
    • Delete the x in front of the old LDAP configuration entries.
  • Log messages due to the higher schema version of database can be ignored:

    • [DatabaseMigrator]: Database layout version is newer than expected.


Improvements

  • [PF-931] - Security Update: Clickjacking vulnerability fixed
  • [PF-970] - Unvalidated redirect to external pages not possible


  • Release date: Dec 2017
  • Build Number: 11.5.619
  • Type: Service Pack

New documentation


New Feature

  • [PF-819] - External authentication via OAuth2


Improvements

  • [PF-843] - Extension of the maximum LDAP connections
  • [PF-895] - OAuth2 Improvements
  • [PF-615] - API: Support for Open Cloud Mesh (OCM) v0.0.3
  • [PF-911] - Show "Keep logged in" again and check box by default
  • [PF-929] - Accounts get redirected between servers less often
  • [PF-780] - External users are not longer able to merge into LDAP accounts
  • [PF-507] - Log rotation changed to 12AM instead of every 24 hours


Bugfixes

  • [PF-847] - Sync now correctly finishes on all folders
  • [PF-842] - Use existing folders in the default storage path combined with dynamic folder mounting now working correctly
  • [PF-900] - Fixed XSS Vulnerability for originalURI and autoLogin in login page
  • [PF-867] - Recover password link fixed
  • [PF-817] - Problem with double link creation fixed
  • [PF-837] - Quota for a single user can't be set to the maximum of the organization
  • [PF-816] - JRE Version Info. Removed query parameters
  • [PF-903] - Removed hardcoded reference to objectClass person while authenticating
  • [PF-917] - Small bugfixes FileLink Uploads