Mac OS X Server 10.4.2 is Also Out

and available for download from the System Preferences Software Update pane or as a standalone combo updater or a delta updater. We recommend using the combo to be safe. According to the Read Me file,

The 10.4.2 Server Update delivers overall improved reliability for Mac OS X Server v10.4 and is recommended for all systems. It includes fixes for:

• file permission inheritance when using AFP network file services
• Open Directory password and single sign-on authentication services
• authentication in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environments
• more reliable file system management operations
• editing a user's home directory location using the Workgroup Manager application
• compatibility with third party applications and devices

The server-specific improvements are:

Mail Services

• Upgrades SpamAssassin and ClamAV to include additional support for TNEF (winmail.dat) files and new detection mechanisms for JPEG-based exploits.
  

servermgrd

• Addresses an issue in which Product License Keys may be reported as invalid due to case sensitivity.
  

Workgroup Manager

• Addresses issues with the creation of custom home directories specified within a subdirectory of a sharepoint.
  
• Addresses compatibility issues for administration of a 10.3.9 server from a 10.4 system with 10.4 admin tools.
  

Xgrid Admin

• Addresses an issue which prevented the Xgrid Admin application from securely connecting to controllers that required Kerberos authentication.
  
• Addresses an issue which may have prevented controllers from sending files to agents.
  
• Improvements made for batch jobs sent through the command line.
  

Open Directory

• Addresses an issue that prevents systems from connecting to Windows 2003 Active Directory deployments.
  
• Addresses an issue in which systems stop authenticating through Active Directory.
  
• Addresses an issue in which Active Directory users who are set as computer administrators may not get admin access to a computer.
  
• Addresses an issue that prevents Mobile Accounts from authenticating with Active Directory.
  
• Addresses an issue where the DirectoryService process may stop after waking from sleep.
  
• Addresses an issue in which newly-created accounts may not be able to authenticate or appear in user lists.
  
• Addresses an issue where Password Server may stop working, causing authentications to fail when replicated Password Servers are used.
  
• Addresses an issue where kerberos authentications may fail after importing a large number of users (60,000 or more).
  

Apple File Services

• Addresses an issue where Apple File Services may pause indefinitely after experiencing heavy loads.
  
• Addresses an issue which prevented Apple File Services from setting inherited permissions in nested folders within shared volumes.
  
• Addresses an issue where multiple automounts from a single client would incorrectly count against 10-client Server licenses.
  

Disk Imaging

• Addresses an issue which may have caused failure reports when used with large volumes.
  

Managed Users

• Addresses an issue which prevented some Login Window management options from being honored.
  

NFS

• Addresses issues which may have caused the mountd process to crash when NFS is used to host HFS volumes.
  

SMB

• Improves handling of workgroup and file names when connecting and copying to shared SMB volumes.
  
• Addresses issues causing -36 connection failures when connecting to SMB shared volumes with an old keychain password.
  
• Addresses an issue that may cause kernel panics on multiple Xsan systems when unmounting Xsan volumes.

We downloaded the update via Software Update and installed it on our G4 Cube server without incident. [Bill Fox]