############################# Changes in v0.3.8 #############################
12/07/2007

Repaired editing the oidentd configuration from within the setup.

Repaired system boot log time anomalies when using a timezone rather than a
static time offset so that all log entries are using the same time offset.

Repaired the first time boot ringtone tune.

Repaired the "memory fault" problem when the system is loading modules at boot
time and using uncompressed modules in the "drv" directory. This involved
repairing the exit code for the zcat binary when trying to uncompress a non
compressed file.

Repaired the system so that when the utils package is installed the "who"
command shows the proper users logged onto the system. This required updating
"agetty" to version 1.91b so the utmp and wtmp files are updated correctly.

Repaired a bug in the dyndns update script that caused the IP to be emailed
every time the client was ran rather than just when the IP address changed
when the email external IP address option was enabled. This bug also caused the
primary dyndns client not to continue trying to update the server when it was
also enabled and it failed to update correctly the first time. The new client
will only send an email if the IP address changes or the -f force command is
used and does not send emails due to the standard fifteen day dyndns client
update process.

Repaired the backup command to include the .htaccess file onto the backup
floppy so that control panel passwords are included in the backup.

Repaired the disk unmounting problem when running on a hard drive and running
packages that replace some of the system libraries.

Repaired a bug in the arpmon script that caused the script not to function
correctly.

Repaired a bug in the mgetty script that caused the silent modem negotiation not
to function for dialin users.

Repaired the rc_ras so that the ms-wins entry is removed when there is no local
or remote WINS server.

Repaired bug in the hard drive sleep timeout when the drive sleep timeout is set
above 20 minutes. This bug is due to the peculiar way that hdparm uses timeout
values. Times above 20 minutes are only available in 30 minute blocks up to 5.5
hours. In previous versions of FREESCO this value was not interpreted
differently for these values which caused the value sent to hdparm to be
completely wrong and in all cases failure of the hard drive timeout.

Repaired a color brightness problem when changing modes so that the shut down
processes are standard and all of the start processes are brightened.

Repaired the ping binary to display an error when a URL is unresolvable.

Repaired the reformatting of the swap file at each boot which caused an extra
delay in the boot process.

Changed setup mode to not run on tty2 so it is capable of performing other
shell operations if needed when running in setup mode.

Changed the sftp server binary to be included into the Dropbear multi-call
binary to increase disk space. Thanks to justdave for his efforts modifying the
source code.

Changed the secure proc option in the kernel to allow the oident server to
function more effectively.

Changed the rc_masq script to run more efficiently when the firewall is
disabled and to try and stop "Terminated" from being shown on the boot screen
on some systems during startup.

Changed the "restrict ramdisk to 4MB" option to be a manual control option for
the ramdisk size. This means you can manually choose the size of ramdisk the
system installs and override the automatic selection of ramdisk size.

Changed passwd, chat, shapecfg, brcfg, htpasswd, ipfwadm, freetime, setserial,
clock, ipportfw, ipautofw, ipcalc, nice, and ipfwd from stand alone binaries
into part of the busybox binary to gain disk space.

Changed the passwd binary so that mis typed passwords exit with an exit code
of 1 rather than always exiting with 0 regardless.

Changed the password functions built into the system to continue asking for
a password until the password is typed correctly twice. This avoids even the
possibility of not actually changing the password due to mis typing it.

Changed the "smtpchk" binary source code created by Dingetje into the
"serverchk" binary. Which is capable of testing most servers on any port for
connectivity. This binary has an exit code of 0 if the port is active and 1 if
the port is non responsive.

Changed the location of the license.txt from the root directory on floppy
installs and the c:\router directory on hard drive installs to always be in
the root directory of FREESCO when it is running. This changes the file from a
standard removable file to be inside the ramdisk which is always available for
viewing when FREESCO is running.

Changed rc_pfwd so it will not allow ports above 48712 to be forwarded which
interfere with the NAT/firewall and cause system network problems.

Changed the top output format so that it looks better with a full screen width
white bar to delineate the fields and two more lines of process information.

Changed the "update" binary to always be started regardless of the hard drive
sleep timeout rather than just when the timeout is set to zero. This will help
prevent data loss due to an unexpected shutdown or power failure.

Added an option into the manual ramdisk control to load a special sized ramdisk
into the system at boot time. Multiple ramdisks of various sizes are provided
in the addons-038.zip ranging from 32MB to 128MB which can be copied to the
floppy or hard drive install in the root directory where the "kernel" is located
and then configured within the advanced ramdisk manual control section of the
setup options #19, #191, and #192. For these ramdisks which are larger than 16MB
this also requires some extra manual configuration of the ramdisk.bat or the
lilo.conf file on ext2 installs to change the "ramdisk_size=16384" option.

Added an option in the advanced setup extra options to change the control panel
frame sizes.

Added an option into Dropbear(SSH) so that it is capable of binding to a single
IP address:port rather than listening on all interfaces on a port. This means
the server is capable of only listening to one IP:Port on a multiple interface
machines. IP:Port as well as Port statements can be mixed and matched as needed
up to 20 instances in the additional parameters option. This also means that the
server can be ran in "y" mode so there is no firewall rule for the external port
and then enabled to only listen on the internal interface and still be
externally secure as well as undetectable to even a port scan of a blocked port.

Added an option to enable diagnostic beeps and system sounds at specific times
of the day. Also added the "-f" flag to the play command which will play tunes
even when outside the range set for system sounds. During the time sounds are
disabled the sound is logged into the log messages file.

Added a "rc_user ram" section that runs just after the ramdisk is loaded to give
ramdisk users more control over the system.

Added a kernel patch to allow FREESCO to mount newer ext2 file systems with a
higher inode density and removes the requirement that all ext2 hard drives have
to be formatted using a lib5 system. This patch also increases file handlers
across the system. 

Added a kernel patch to support hard drives up to 2TB. There is also dma support
for OPTI, NVIDIA pata, and NVIDIA sata when the triton disk controller option is
enabled on third party kernels. Thanks to justdave for his new kernel patch.

Added IPSEC to the default kernel configuration. This allows the use of
multiple VPN connections through FREESCO that require this extended protocol.

Added the ipfwd binary for protocol forwarding. This gives FREESCO the ability
to forward protocol 47 (GRE) to an internal VPN server.

Added a check into the advanced package setup so that the installation of
the ext2 package is only shown and enabled when running from a floppy.

Added a port option to all of the ban and allow options in the restrict.cfg so
that specific ports can be included or excluded from banned or allowed IP's
along with the time and day values if needed.

Added a 2MB ramdisk into the system so that systems running only 16MB of
ram can now run the "read disk only once" option. This also allows for the 
manual ramdisk control to be configured with a smaller ramdisk.

Added the "printout" command which is a full featured text file converter that
will print text files to a connected printer. This script corrects the standard
stair stepping problem and it has many custom print features such as landscape,
header file name, page numbering, print job separator page, date stamping, page
print range, and print preview capabilities.

Added the wc binary for file line, word, bytes, and longest line counts.

Added the dropbearconvert binary so that Dropbear and Openssh private keys can
be converted to the desired format for use on other client OS's.

Added an option to create the /home/root/.ssh/authorized_keys file and add an
entry for the generated client private keys when the SSH server is enabled. This
option is also presented when new normal users are created with a home directory.

Added a new feature to run the e2fsck binary when running on a ext2 hard drive
install. This feature performs a disk check to correct problems if the drive was
not unmounted properly.
(Welcome back to being punished for just turning the power off ;-)

Added the "tune2fs" and "dumpe2fs" binaries into the ext2 package to be able to
control the default behavior of the file system. Also added a new option to
the package which is "rc_ext2 disk-scan" which makes it possible to scan the
hard drive for errors at any time without the need to reboot the system.
 
Added the -A flag to the smtpclient binary which extends the header and makes it
possible to attach files. Thanks to justdave for this feature.

Added the -c flag to the tar binary so that "tar" can create tar archives. Also
changed the tar binary so that PATH/filenames can be longer than 100 characters.
Thanks to justdave for modifying the source code and making this possible.

Added mini_sendmail with a symbolic link to /bin/sendmail so that command line
users who are accustomed to using sendmail as well as web applications can have
remote client mailing capabilities without the need to install a mail server.

Added the "which" command to determine which binary the system is using for any
specific command and or where it is located in the PATH.

Added "ae" (allow external IP) and "aep" (allow external IP port) to the
restrict.cfg so that external control can be as specific as the internal
control.

Added a "Server monitor" option number 54 into the advanced setup. This option
can monitor the ftp, ssh, dns, http, lpd, and ident servers for connectivity.
This is done by checking the server port for a response rather than just
checking to see if the server is running. If the server fails for any reason
then the server is restarted automatically when the monitor is enabled for that
server. The time interval for the test frequency can also be set in minutes.
NOTE: Each test cycle does put an entry for the ftp and ssh server for a
      failed login attempt into the log and when any server is restarted due
      to failure. So you can expect a lot of log entries when this is enabled
      on the ftp and ssh servers.

Added a "print test page" option into the primary printer configuration options
when enabling the print server in the setup. This option appears for each
defined printer and prints a FREESCO logo with the "printout" command help page.

Added a file listing of the drv directory that is included in the report.txt to
help diagnose system problems during support questions.

Added the cip (computing in progress) command, this command places a spinning
character on the screen so operations that take some time to execute don't
appear to have locked the machine up.

Added a new script named "email". This script is used to email specific
information about the system to either a specific email address which can be
specified on the command line or if omitted it sends the information to the
default defined email address. The flags for this script are:

email [-messages] [-secure] [-infolog] [-report] [-netinfo] [user@domain]

All or just one flag can be used on a single command entry. This script is the
replacement for the previous "sendlogs" script which had limitations on what
information it could send via email.

Added an extra log file "/var/infolog" and the displayed information for this
file is on tty5. This means that the old network and top information that was on
tty5 and tty6 has been moved up one screen so that they are now on ty6 and
tty7. What this does is to separate all of the information only logs from more
important kernel and higher priority logs on tty3 and in the messages file. This
also still keeps the login logs in the secure file on tty4 separate as well.
This new feature is intended to make seeing important information easier.

Added the "System.map" file in the zip file so that extended kernel information
can be displayed. This file requires a hard drive install and the use of the
default kernel. Third party kernels and ALL other official kernels REQUIRE
their own "System.map" file. Which this file has not been provided with all of
the previous kernels, but will be included with all future kernels. To enable
this new feature just copy the "System.map" file to the same directory as the
kernel in the /boot directory and make certain the file name is capitalized the
same as stated.

Added entries into the /etc/syslog.conf so that logs entries are no longer
duplicated in the various log files and screens.

Added a new logon sceen.

59K free on the floppy.