By Richard Mallion
Looks like Lion server is following the standard pattern of Apple software releases lately. A new version is released with missing or reduced functionality and slowly these missing features are brought back with a series of updates. Lion Server follows in that vain with the 10.7.3 update.
This update adds missing functionality as well as including a whole host of bug fixes.
Here is a list of all the goodness:
File Sharing pane in the Server application
- display number of connected users
- list connected users
- disconnect specific AFP users with a message
- send a message to specific AFP users
- set a login greeting message for AFP users
- access to advanced ACL controls
VPN pane in the Server application
- choice of enabling L2TP or L2TP and PPTP protocols
- sharing of address ranges between L2TP and PPTP (if PPTP is enabled)
- configure DNS name server addresses and domain names provided to VPN clients
- option to save L2TP or PPTP settings as a configuration profile
Web pane in the Server application
- enable .htaccess overrides
- edit web sites’ domain names
- map multiple domains into a single web site
- configure redirects and aliases
- specify custom index files
- choose SSL certificates for individual websites
Wiki Server
- support for editing Wiki pages from an iPad running iOS 5 or later
- support for Active Directory groups
- improved reliability for certain timezones
- improved support for an administrator-specified custom tag, protocol and inline style whitelist
Profile Manager
- updated Exchange, Mail and Restrictions payloads for iOS clients
- updated Dock payloads for OS X clients
- performance improvements
- allow VPN payloads to be used by both iOS and OS X clients
- support for External Account home folder locations
- improved support for managing enterprise applications
The update also includes specific fixes for:
- iCal Server auto-acceptance of meetings during free times
- authenticated directory binding to Open Directory servers with Directory Utility
- improved reliability of setting up Open Directory replicas
- correctly create podcasts when bound to an Active Directory server using Podcast Publisher
- improved support for different certificates used for IMAP/POP and SMTP in the Server application
- improved searching of logs in the Server application
- web password reset support when using the Internet Explorer 9 browser