Third point release is now available to download

Nov 29, 2017 17:45 GMT  ·  By

Univention GmbH informs Softpedia today on the general availability of the third point release of their Debian-based Univention Corporate Server 4.2 GNU/Linux operating system.

Coming two and a half months after the second point release, Univention Corporate Server 4.2-3 is a small maintenance update that appears to mostly address various regressions reported by users from previous versions of the operating systems. These include more checks for Microsoft Active Directory (AD) domains and expanded configurability and usability of the management system.

"The usability and configurability of the management system were further expanded. The design of the assistants and dialogues of the management system was revised with regard to usability aspects," explains developer Nico Gulden. "Additional configuration options for the single sign-on of the management system have also been added, e. g. the configurability of the certificate used."

Linux kernel, Samba, and Asterisk receive security updates

In addition to the new Microsoft AD checks, which enable displaying of information about known problems, as well as hints on how to fix them, the Univention Corporate Server 4.2-3 update integrates various security patches for core components, including the Linux kernel, Samba, and Asterisk. It also adds a bunch of new functional tests to the UMC diagnostic module.

These help system administrators check the health of the Linux server, as well as the entire domain. Existing Univention Corporate Server 4.2 users are encouraged to update to version 4.2-3 as soon as possible using the built-in package management system. Univention Corporate Server 4.2-3 is also available for download right now through our website if you want to install it on new machines.

Univention Corporate Server 4.2 launched in early April this year based on the Debian GNU/Linux 8 “Jessie” operating system series. It's fully compatible with the Debian binary format, uses systemd as default init system for new installations, implements a brand-new configurable web portal, as well as MBD3 support for the Univention Directory listener.