Mailing List Archive by Gossamer Threads http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/ en-us (c) Gossamer Threads Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Feb 2012 09:05:08 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg In honor of LISA 2010, and an attempt to get me focused on the improvements folks have feed me, I've packaged up 8.1.18. It's not a huge amount of ch 11 Nov 2010 15:02:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1614 Since I've only seen a handful of hits grabbing version 8.1.17, I've gone ahead and just added the missing file to the tarball. For anyone that snagg 29 Sep 2009 16:01:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1498 After an incredibly long delay, version 8.1.17 is finally out. Sorry for both the length of time and any missing features I may have promised an indi 29 Sep 2009 08:37:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1493 I wanted everyone to know that I've installed MediaWiki here (since Wikipedia is so prevalent, it seemed like a decent choice): https://www.conse 22 Sep 2008 00:11:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1423 Not too many changes this time, but the bug fix is certainly important. Enjoy! version 8.1.16 (Apr 10, 2007): - added 'replstring' substituti 10 Apr 2007 14:54:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1268 I thought I'd finish off 2006 by releasing 8.1.15. I hope everyone has a great 2007! Enjoy! version 8.1.15 (Dec 31, 2006): - protection aga 31 Dec 2006 20:58:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1229 There have been quite a few changes and additions in this revision, all based on input by the user community! Thank you for them! I hope you all enj 09 Apr 2006 19:37:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1078 This latest release includes what I believe is a fix for the "conserver runs wild and eats up the CPU" issue that I've heard about. It seems to happe 15 Jan 2006 09:40:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1003 I'm surprised at how long it's been since I've released a new version of conserver. I could blame various distractions, my laziness, or many other th 05 Sep 2005 16:29:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/876 For those of you who get Sys Admin Magazine, you probably already know. For everyone else, check out http://www.sysadminmag.com/ for a little history 05 Sep 2005 12:20:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/875 This new version has a small bug fix, a couple enhancements, as well as a fairly major philosophical switch. Before (for no real reason except my own 09 Nov 2004 02:46:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/53 There's just one small bug fix for the client in this release...I've been sitting on it thinking that more would happen, but nothing has. So, if you u 21 Sep 2004 17:02:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/52 The CHANGES entries pretty much explain it all...enjoy! version 8.1.9 (Jul 14, 2004): - fixed bug processing access lists when duplicates exi 14 Jul 2004 16:32:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/51 This release has one small bug fix and one small piece of new functionality. The conserver.cf manpage talks about the new "spin" control pieces. Enj 09 Jun 2004 15:43:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/50 Yes, this is pretty soon after 8.1.6, but there are changes to the '@group' syntax that really need to get out to everyone, and I figured that not eve 28 May 2004 11:08:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/49 This version has a couple of bug fixes for the server and an addition of (optional) config files for the client. The console manpage talks all about 25 May 2004 17:57:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/48 There are a couple of fun new things in this release. For all those interested in how the client and server actually communicate, you can check out t 07 May 2004 09:21:46 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/47 Somehow, somewhere, I broke a few of the client options. Sorry about that. This release fixes them and adds a new configure option --with-uds. This 13 Apr 2004 13:56:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/46 Not many changes this time. I've cleaned up some of the allocations in the client and extended the '^Ec;' sequence slightly. I hope you all enjoy it 22 Mar 2004 18:23:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/45 There's truly a mixed bag of changes in this release. The major one is the change to the syntax of the *subst config items. If you're using any of t 11 Mar 2004 11:02:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/44 Someone at lucent.com (apparently) has a virus and/or crafted an email from staff@conserver.com and posted it to announce@conserver.com. Either they p 03 Mar 2004 08:09:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/43 if you're as out of touch as i am, you may not have heard about the sco attack against open source licensing in the united states. normally i ignore 28 Feb 2004 09:36:30 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/42 The changes here are fairly cosmetic. No code changes occurred. version 8.1.1 (Feb 10, 2004): - fixed mistake in Makefiles where rpmbuild fa 10 Feb 2004 08:35:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/41 If you try and use rpmbuild, things fail because I goofed up a couple Makefiles. All works fine with a standard './configure; make', however. I've a 19 Jan 2004 08:05:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/40 The first 2004 release is available...happy new year! There are a couple of slight changes, cleanups, etc, and one big change with the client-server 18 Jan 2004 10:42:41 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/39 If you're using socket-based consoles (like a terminal server) and trying to run any of the 8.0.X code, please upgrade to 8.0.9. A major connect()/se 10 Dec 2003 11:49:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/38 There are a couple of new features added to this release, as well as some general cleanup and improvment of functionality. Check the manpages for det 02 Dec 2003 09:54:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/37 There have been a couple of compilation issues (with cygwin and OpenBSD 3.4) which have been fixed. Some of the OpenBSD fixes could benefit other pla 20 Nov 2003 07:56:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/36 Anyone running 8.0.0 through 8.0.5 should really consider upgrading to 8.0.6. The reason? NULL characters in console data will cause data loss. Unf 16 Nov 2003 12:55:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/35 Looks like 8.0.5 is the Halloween release...I hope it doesn't turn into a pumpkin. ;-) This release has two minor enhancements and a few bug fixes. 31 Oct 2003 11:23:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/34 Yep, I've decided to go ahead and just release new versions relatively quicky. I figure it's good to get the code out to folks and make the fixes ava 10 Oct 2003 13:49:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/33 Yes, that's right, 8.0.3 already. Why? A fairly major bug was found in the SIGHUP code. The problem is that certain fields are not updated when the 06 Oct 2003 10:34:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/32 This release doesn't have traditional bug fixes, but it does have improvements that fix things that I consider bugs (so, minor bug fixes). It also add 05 Oct 2003 18:17:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/31 This release is a mix of important bug fixes (if you're using 8.0.0, please upgrade to 8.0.1), an added feature, and some slight adjustments to existi 29 Sep 2003 09:01:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/30 I've decided to go ahead and finally release 8.0.0. There were only a couple of changes since the 8.0.0-beta4 release, so I feel comfortable finally 22 Sep 2003 13:58:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/29 It's hard to know where to start with this set of updates. Check the details below and the manpages for info on the new items. The big thing is that 24 Aug 2003 17:33:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/28 I just made the latest beta available at http://www.conserver.com/beta/. The main I/O loops have been radically changed to remove alarm() calls, buffe 08 Aug 2003 08:27:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/27 As before, you can find it at http://www.conserver.com/beta/ or in the beta subdirectory of the ftp site. I've added a couple of features: console al 17 Jul 2003 12:43:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/26 For anyone out there that saw my "sneak peek" at the LISA conference last year, you'll be expecting this. For the other folks out there - surprise! 04 Jul 2003 17:55:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/25 There are quite an array of changes in 7.2.7. None of it was much of a major rewite, but key pieces of code did change to fix bugs and add functional 09 Apr 2003 08:40:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/24 This release is mainly bug fixes and a better format of log messages. I'm still seeing some memory leaks interfacing with the PAM library - if anyone 10 Mar 2003 19:21:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/23 This release adds a couple of new features and cleans up a few things. Hopefully some of the new features will be useful (especially SIGUSR2). Here a 27 Jan 2003 18:59:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/22 I've decided to go ahead and release 7.2.4 as it stands (there have been a couple changes since the 7.2.4-beta1 patch). There are a couple of reasons 14 Oct 2002 14:20:33 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/21 The second round of patches for OpenSSL support within conserver is available. There are still some changes that will be necessary before they're all 10 Oct 2002 14:04:34 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/20 I've made the first round of OpenSSL patches (that is, support for OpenSSL within conserver) available. You can find them at ftp://ftp.conserver.com/ 29 Sep 2002 15:32:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/19 First, I'd like to say there are quite an array of changes going into 7.2.3. Bug fixes (like the fixes for duplicate console names and bad conditiona 23 Sep 2002 15:05:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/18 This release is mainly made up of bug fixes. I hope everyone finds this the most stable version yet. version 7.2.2 (Jun 05, 2002): - added ' 05 Jun 2002 15:50:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/17 Here's the latest version of conserver. There's one bug fix I wanted to get out as well as a couple cool new features. Enjoy. version 7.2.1 (Mar 25 25 Mar 2002 19:12:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/16 7.2.0 is finally ready! Not much has changed since 7.2.0-beta3 (a good thing, really) but a heck of a lot has changed since 7.1.4. I highly suggest 12 Mar 2002 02:29:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/15 Well folks, I was a little trigger-happy again. If you tried to get the beta3 code and didn't succeed, try again now - it's there. I had pushed out 25 Feb 2002 17:19:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/14 Well folks, it's finally here. No more full restarts of conserver just because you want to edit the config file! I've personally been wanting this s 25 Feb 2002 15:33:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/13 In an effort to get more folks to test out some of the development code, I've set up a beta site for distributing pre-release code. http://www.co 29 Jan 2002 20:09:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/12 It took a while longer than expected to get 7.1.4 together. This was *almost* going to be a release based fully on patches submitted by the user base 21 Jan 2002 04:11:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/11 Yep folks, I've done it again. I put a really stupid bug into the code and didn't realize it. If you want to be able to send a real break to a termi 16 Oct 2001 21:35:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/10 The big news in this release is the addition of tcp_wrappers support and fixing the line-based timestamp code. There are other good things worth upgr 15 Oct 2001 23:26:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/9 Version 7.1.1 has a couple of bug fixes and one functional change: file parsing. Here's the blurb from the INSTALL file warning folks about incompati 04 Aug 2001 21:19:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/8 Hello all! We'll, I'm finally packaging up version 7.1.0. There are two important things to realize about this version. First, there have been a lo 26 Jul 2001 17:05:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/7 Well folks, 7.0.3 is definitely a variety pack of changes. The only true bug fix is the "off by 1" error that was in 7.0.2. Everything else is dead 05 Jul 2001 09:47:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/6 Well, I finally took the time to install a search engine. It's indexing the conserver pages, the mailing list archives, and Zonker's "Greater Scroll 15 Jun 2001 17:47:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/5 Upgrade! That's the message I want to get across to folks. I think the 7.0.2 code is the best yet. In the past I could see folks using the 6.X code 15 Jun 2001 11:43:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/4 Again, it took longer for me to get this out than expected. Sorry folks. Good thing is compilation for *BSD type systems should be easier (FreeBSD f 03 May 2001 06:50:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/3 What's so great about 7.0.0? GNU's autoconf has been integrated by Mark Roth (roth@feep.net)! I met Mark at the LISA conference last December and he 18 Feb 2001 23:57:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/2 I'm pleased to announce the latest version of conserver. Below is the full list of changes for this version. See http://www.conserver.com/ for all t 14 Dec 2000 17:44:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/conserver/announce/1