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diff --git a/doc/ANNOUNCEMENTs/AN-2.01.01a05 b/doc/ANNOUNCEMENTs/AN-2.01.01a05 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f52ab26 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ANNOUNCEMENTs/AN-2.01.01a05 @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +Please have a look at the German open Source Center BerliOS at www.berlios.de +BerliOS will continue to support free hosting of cryptography projects even +when US laws change and don't allow to host cryptography projects in the USA. +Also look at sourcewell.berlios.de, the first Open Source announcement service +that itself is implemented as Open Source project. + +***************** Important news **************************** + +For the 'Slottable Source Plugin Module' SSPM Features read README.SSPM + +***************** Please Test ********************************* + +NEW features of cdrtools-2.01.01a05: + +******* +NOTE: this is _not_ a release that starts a new aplha/beta series of dirtibutions. + The only reason is to add certain new CD/DVD features that are important. + + So _please_ do not send any patches except when you like to fix extreme bugs. + I am currently mainly working on stable incremental restore featurs for star-1.5-final. + Once star-1.5-final is out, cdrtools will start a new developent cycle. +******* + +All: + +- Support for DragonFly BSD added, thanks to joerg@britannica.bec.de + +- Default Cygwin install uid/group adapted to use available ids. + +- Updated the (forgotten) autoconf to include the tests needed for Solaris + fine grained privileges. + +- New program btcflash added. Thanks to David Huang <khym@azeotrope.org> + +- + If you like all users to be able to call cdrecord root-less, you need + Solaris 10 or newer. + + Edit the file /etc/security/exec_attr and add: + + All:solaris:cmd:::/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: privs=file_dac_read,sys_devices,proc_lock_memory,proc_priocntl,net_privaddr + All:solaris:cmd:::/opt/schily/bin/readcd: privs=file_dac_read,sys_devices,net_privaddr + All:solaris:cmd:::/opt/schily/bin/cdda2wav: privs=file_dac_read,sys_devices,proc_priocntl,net_privaddr + + If you like to allow only specific user to use cdrecord, + use something like: + + CD RW:solaris:cmd:::/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: privs=file_dac_read,sys_devices,proc_lock_memory,proc_priocntl,net_privaddr + + instead and make the users members of the profile "CD RW" + by adding a line like: + + joerg::::profiles=CD RW + + into /etc/user_attr + + Note that you either need to call cdrecord via "pfexec cdrecord ....." + or by using a profile aware shell (e.g. /usr/bin/pfksh) + + +Libparanoia (Ported by Jörg Schilling, originated by Monty xiphmont@mit.edu): + +Libedc (Optimized by Jörg Schilling, originated by Heiko Eißfeldt heiko@hexco.de): + +Libscg: + +- Support for root-less cdrecord using fine-grained privileges. + Remote SCSI not tests for PRIV_NET_PRIVADDR instead of (geteuid() == 0) + This is now active since the needed autoconf code is out. + +Rscsi: + +Cdrecord: + +- Trying to work around a noncompliance (modified interface) present on newer + Linux kernels that causes cdrecord to be unable to allocate a SCSI transfer + buffer. + + Newer Linux kernels do not honor a contract from mlockall(MCL_FUTURE) + after cdrecord turned off euid == 0 from a suid root installation. + Instead of honoring mlockall(MCL_FUTURE), Linux checks each mmap() + and compares against getrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK + +- Explicit fine grained privileges support for Solaris. + Cdrecord now switches off all privs that are no longer needed. + + +Cdda2wav (By Heiko Eißfeldt heiko@hexco.de): + +- Explicit fine grained privileges support for Solaris. + Cdda2wav now switches off all privs that are no longer needed. + +Readcd: + +- Allow readcd to work correctly in -scanbus mode + Thanks to Fabian Keil <fk@fabiankeil.de> for reporting. + +- Explicit fine grained privileges support for Solaris. + readcd now switches off all privs that are no longer needed. + +Scgcheck: + +Scgskeleton: + +- Allow readcd to work correctly in -scanbus mode + Thanks to Fabian Keil <fk@fabiankeil.de> for reporting. + +- Explicit fine grained privileges support for Solaris. + Scgskeleton now switches off all privs that are no longer needed. + +Mkisofs (By Jörg Schilling and James Pearson j.pearson@ge.ucl.ac.uk): + + +TODO: + - read Joliet filenames with multi-session if no TRANS.TBL + or RR is present. I am looking for a volouteer for this task! + + Note that this can never be 100% correct as there is no relation + between the names on the master (UNIX) filesystem, the ISO-9660 + names and the Joliet names. Only the Rock Ridge names are + untranslated with respect to the original files on the + master (UNIX) filesystem. + + - add libecc/edc for CDI and similar. + + +CYGWIN NT-4.0 NOTES: + +To compile on Cygwin32, get Cygwin and install it. +For more information read README.win32 + +The files are located on: + +ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha ... + +NOTE: These tar archives are 100% POSIX compatible. GNU tar may get some + minor trouble. If you like a 100% POSIX compliant tar, get star from + ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/ + +WARNING: Do not use 'winzip' to extract the tar file! + Winzip cannot extract symbolic links correctly. + +Joerg |