Version 5 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.

Bug Fixes:

• 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.

Bug Fixes:

• 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.

Bug Fixes:

• 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.

Bug Fixes:

• 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.

Bug Fixes:

• 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.

Bug Fixes:

• 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.