Alors que la version 10.4.2 Client est sortie hier soir, Apple propose désormais de mettre à jour la version Serveur de Mac OS X. Cette nouvelle version s'appelle donc en toute logique Mac OS X Server 10.4.2.

Cette mise à jour est disponible via le module de Mise à jour des logiciel. Vous pouvez aussi la télécharger directement sur le site d'Apple. 

Que propose donc cette mise à jour ?



Des nouveautés, des corrections, que du bonheur en somme pour cette mise à jour :











Voici (enfin), les informations complémentaires mais en anglais malheureusement :

About the Mac OS X Server 10.4.2 Update

This software updates Mac OS X Server version 10.4.1 to version 10.4.2.

Important: Please Read Before Installing

• You must have an administrator account password that does not contain spaces or Option-keyed characters to install this update. The password may not be left blank (you can change your password if needed).
  
  
• You may experience unexpected results if you've installed third-party system software modifications, or if you have modified the operating system through other means. This doesn't apply to normal software installation.
  
  
• The installation process should not be interrupted. Monitor progress by clicking the Detailed Progress disclosure triangle. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer (see below) from Apple Downloads to install.
  
  
• This update can be installed on non-startup volumes, but you should only do this if the current startup volume has already been updated to Mac OS X Server 10.4.2. The simplest way to avoid issues from an improper installation is to start up from the volume that you wish to update.

Installation

There are two ways to update to Mac OS X Server 10.4.2: Use Software Update or install from a standalone installer.

Software Update Installation

Software Update may have referred you to this document. For more information on this feature, see "How to Update Your Software"

Because some updates are prerequisites for others, you may need to use Software Update more than once to get all available updates.

Standalone Installer

A standalone installer is also available from Apple Downloads. The Mac OS X Server 10.4.2 Update is specifically for updating version 10.4.1 to version 10.4.2. There is also a "Combo Update" installer available, which will update any version of 10.4 to 10.4.2.

Remote Installation

If you need to install the update on a remote computer, you can do so using the "softwareupdate" command-line tool.

Enhancements

The following items are some of the enhancements and improvements in Mac OS X Server 10.4.2 Update:

Mail Services

• Upgrades SpamAssassin and ClamAV to include additional support for TNEF (winmail.dat) files and new detection mechanisms for JPEG-based exploits.

servermgrd

• Addresses an issue in which Product License Keys may be reported as invalid due to case sensitivity.

Workgroup Manager

• Addresses issues with the creation of custom home directories specified within a subdirectory of a sharepoint.
  
• Addresses compatibility issues for administration of a 10.3.9 server from a 10.4 system with 10.4 admin tools.

Xgrid Admin

• Addresses an issue which prevented the Xgrid Admin application from securely connecting to controllers that required Kerberos authentication.
  
• Addresses an issue which may have prevented controllers from sending files to agents.
  
• Improvements made for batch jobs sent through the command line.

Open Directory

• Addresses an issue that prevents systems from connecting to Windows 2003 Active Directory deployments.
  
• Addresses an issue in which systems stop authenticating through Active Directory.
  
• Addresses an issue in which Active Directory users who are set as computer administrators may not get admin access to a computer.
  
• Addresses an issue that prevents Mobile Accounts from authenticating with Active Directory.
  
• Addresses an issue where the DirectoryService process may stop after waking from sleep.
  
• Addresses an issue in which newly-created accounts may not be able to authenticate or appear in user lists.
  
• Addresses an issue where Password Server may stop working, causing authentications to fail when replicated Password Servers are used.
  
• Addresses an issue where kerberos authentications may fail after importing a large number of users (60,000 or more).

Apple File Services

• Addresses an issue where Apple File Services may pause indefinitely after experiencing heavy loads.
  
• Addresses an issue which prevented Apple File Services from setting inherited permissions in nested folders within shared volumes.
  
• Addresses an issue where multiple automounts from a single client would incorrectly count against 10-client Server licenses.

Disk Imaging

• Addresses an issue which may have caused failure reports when used with large volumes.

Managed Users

• Addresses an issue which prevented some Login Window management options from being honored.

NFS

• Addresses issues which may have caused the mountd process to crash when NFS is used to host HFS volumes.

SMB

• Improves handling of workgroup and file names when connecting and copying to shared SMB volumes.
  
• Addresses issues causing -36 connection failures when connecting to SMB shared volumes with an old keychain password.
  
• Addresses an issue that may cause kernel panics on multiple Xsan systems when unmounting Xsan volumes.