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389 Directory Server 2.2.2, 2.1.3, and 2.0.16

The 389 Directory Server project has announced new releases of versions 2.2.2, 2.1.3, and 2.0.16. From the release announcements, it looks like some of the changes in these versions are:

  • Fixed an issue in which a malformed request could crash the server (version 2.0.16)
  • Fixed a memory leak in error handling code (versions 2.1.3 and 2.0.16)
  • Fixed an issue in which replication could be broken until a server restart after changing the replication manager password (version 2.0.16)
  • Fixed an issue in which search filters may not be properly normalized during processing (all three versions)
  • Fixed an issue in which the server could incorrectly return LDAP subentries when they had not been requested (version 2.0.16)
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent entries with subentries from being removed (version 2.0.16)
  • Fixed an SNMP-related issue that could prevent the server from starting (version 2.0.16)
  • Fixed an issue with migrating data containing password policy information from OpenLDAP (versions 2.1.3 and 2.0.16)
  • Fixed an issue that could cause problems with migrating from OpenLDAP if the memberOf overlay is enabled (version 2.0.16)
  • Fixed a monitoring-related issue when migrating from OpenLDAP (all three versions)
  • Fixed an issue in which dsconf backend export could fail in servers with multiple backends (all three versions)
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the server to report errors if the number of entries matching a VLV search changed in the middle of the search (version 2.0.16)
  • Updated the server to automatically enable changelog trimming when setting up replication (version 2.0.16)
  • Simplified the process for creating and managing an instance as a non-root user (version 2.0.16)
  • Improved search filter optimization (version 2.0.16)
  • Updated dscreate to add options for configuring replication (version 2.0.16)
  • Improved performance with large numbers of connections (version 2.2.2)
  • Fixed an address sanitization error (version 2.2.2)
  • Improved logging for errors encountered while attempting to decode replication messages (all three versions)
  • Improved logging for errors encountered while attempting to synchronize data with Active Directory (all three versions)
  • Included the cockpit web application in the release (version 2.0.16)
  • Improved autocomplete support for command-line tools (version 2.0.16)
  • Updated the UI to add improved support for account lockout (version 2.0.16)
  • Added an option to preserve backward compatibility with an older version of the server when using nested backends (version 2.0.16)
  • Added shorter alternative names for dsidm subcommands (all three versions)
  • Fixed a malformed dsconf error message (all three versions)