Version 5.x Serv-U Release Notes

Serv-U Release Notes
Serv-U Version 5.2.0.1
Serv-U 5.2.0.1 was released September 27, 2004. A complete list of changes and upgrades follows:
Bug Fixes:- Fixed bug in STOU command causing Daemon crashes.
Serv-U Version 5.2.0.0
Serv-U 5.2.0.0 was released September 7, 2004. A complete list of changes and upgrades follows:
Features:- Changed ODBC code to work around MS SQL Server bug.
- Changed password checking code to be case insensitive to storage in INI file and registry.
- Added detailed ODBC logging at the domain level.
- Major rewrite of ODBC code to be compatible with more dB engines.
- Changed all ODBC lookups to use upper case account names.
- Added SQL templates used by Serv-U to Admin program.
- Changed ODBC account storage to only store changed fields.
- Added Admin option to enable low-security SSL ciphers.
- Fixed bug causing empty lines in long dir listings.
- Fixed bug causing Admin to hang at startup if many client-to-server messages are saved.
Serv-U Version 5.1.0.0
Serv-U 5.1.0.0 was released July 6, 2004. A complete list of changes and upgrades follows:
Features:- Added support for CCC ( = Clear Command Channel) command.
- Added support for MODE Z ( = ZLib compression) command.
- Added support for XCRC calculation of files while in transfer.
- Changed quota setup in Admin program to use MB instead of kB.
- Fixed bug in log file name and rotation mechanism.
Serv-U Version 5.0.0.11
Serv-U 5.0.0.11 was released May 21, 2004. A complete list of changes and upgrades follows:
Features:- Added logging of resume point for transfers.
- Added domain ID and name to log file name options.
- Fixed bug of S/Key failing for unencrypted passwords.
- Fixed bug in auto-reconnect for ODBC domains.
- Changed registration key auto-enter-from-clipboard to be less sensitive to format.
- Fixed bug in SSCN handling, causing server-to-server (FXP) dir listings to fail.
Serv-U Version 5.0.0.9
Serv-U 5.0.0.9 was released April 16, 2004. A complete list of changes and upgrades follows:
Features:- Added ODBC connection retry in case connection fails immidiately after server start.
- Changed registration key mechanism, key is valid when the last major version was released within update period.
- Ported code to Borland C++ Builder v6.
- Changed MDTM so it can now change the date/time of directories as well as files.
- Added support for SSCN command.
- Added better crash loging to Administrator program, logs to file ServUCrashReport.elf.
- Fixed bug in performance counters, value for 'Total KB transferred' was wrong.
- Fixed bug in path parser causing crashes for certain paths.
- Fixed a number of Admin bugs causing crashes.
- Fixed bug in Daemon dir listing code causing crashes.
- Fixed bug causing crashes on Daemon exit.
Serv-U Version 5.0.0.4
Serv-U 5.0.0.4 was released February 25, 2004. A complete list of changes and upgrades follows:
Features:- Added domain settings option to auto-create homedir if it doesn't exist.
- Added automatic connection retry in case ODBC connectivity is lost.
- Changed Windows' port checking code to better detect ports in paths.
- Fixed bug where enabling/disabling directory cache does not get saved.
- Fixed bug of tray-icon not starting automatically upon reboot.
- Fixed SQL statement bug for lookups in dir access and IP access rules tables.
- Fixed bug in access DLL mechanism, causing events to not get dispatched under certain circumstances.
- Fixed bug causing SSL transfers to fail when a speed limit is used.
- Fixed bug in MDTM command that potentially caused the daemon to crash.
Serv-U Version 5.0.0.0
Serv-U 5.0.0.0 was released January 20, 2004. A complete list of changes and upgrades follows:
Features:- Added support for user account setting that requires a secure connection to log in.
- Added 'Apply' and 'Restore' buttons to various panes.
- Added support for NLST command to list dirs on a per-domain basis.
- Added 'up' button to Administrator program.
- Added XCRC support.
- Added support for independent server-level uplink/downlink bandwidth limits.
- Changed Admin code to trap certain exceptions in XP.
- Added code to auto-create user's homedir if it does not exist yet.
- Added support for more SSL ciphers.
- Added code to enforce that domain/group admins cannot assign rights they don't have.
- Changed symbolic message parameters to show "unlimited" when needed.
- Added support for putting individual domains online/offline.
- Changed check for the need of a secure connection from PASS to USER command.
- Changed MDTM command to work with UTC instead of local time.
- Changed PORT command to block use of ports below 1024.
- Changed NLST command to return 550 error reply in case no entries are found.
- Made tray icon persistent in case of Explorer crashes/restarts.
- Added ODBC database support.
- Added license volume checking.
- Added per-domain user/group account settings cache time-to-live.
- Changed password encryption from a server-wide setting to a per-domain setting.
- Changed listening socket handling, now running in seperate thread.
- Added support for CLNT command.
- Added support for Corporate Edition.
- Fixed bug in deleting user accounts starting with same partial name.
- Fixed bug not showing custom domain message for "no anymous access".
- Fixed bug causing crashes when using "%ServerAvg" message directive.
- Fixed XP problem with long server startup times.
- Fixed bug in dir listing of root dirs with path as argument.
- Fixed bug with Windows 2003 in setting up listening sockets.
- Fixed bug causing use of ports (ie. printing-via-FTP) to fail.
- Fixed bug causing disk quota to fail under certain conditions.
- Fixed bug in dir listing cache, when caching more than 63 entries.
- Fixed buffer overflow bug in MDTM command.
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