A Documentation Updates #

Added a note about unsupported bonding modes on IBM POWER to Section 16.7, “Setting Up Bonding Devices” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070446).

New chapter (Fate #326330).

Adding drivers to /etc/dracut.conf.d/01-dist.conf overrides dracut default settings (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112786).

In Chapter 12, The Boot Loader GRUB 2, clarified the function of /etc/sysconfig/bootloader (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079418).

Improved consistency of Docker terminology throughout the documentation. This includes renaming a guide to Docker Open Source Engine Guide.

Completely rewrote the chapter and added IBM IBM Z-Specific information (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046514).

Added Section 8.4.2, “VNC Session Initiated Using vncmanager” (Fate #319319).

Updated command to list video modes in grub to videoinfo, vbeinfo is outdated. See Section 12.2.2, “The File /etc/default/grub” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074026).

Replaced grub2-reboot with grub2-once to set the default boot entry for the next boot only, see Section 12.2.2, “The File /etc/default/grub” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071210).

Removed documentation about compiling 32-bit applications on a 64-bit system. This is not supported with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092434).

Added descriptions for all bonding modes to Section 16.7, “Setting Up Bonding Devices” (Doc Comment #35319).

Explained different locations for udev rule files, see Section 21.6, “Influencing Kernel Device Event Handling with udev Rules” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103082).

Fixed a variable name in Section 21.6.2, “Using Substitutions in udev Rules” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1061131).

POWER is supported for kGraft live patching, see Chapter 22, Live Patching the Linux Kernel Using kGraft (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074844).

kGraft patches are available for CVSS 7+ vulnerabilities, see Section 22.9, “Scope of SLE Live Patching” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068181).

Added Kerberos performance tuning information (Fate #315348).

Adding drivers to /etc/dracut.conf.d/01-dist.conf overrides dracut default settings (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112786).

Fixed location of 50-udev-default.rules in Section 21.6, “Influencing Kernel Device Event Handling with udev Rules” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103082).

Corrected command and its man page reference in Section 13.6.2, “System Log” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104266).

Improved tip about /boot/grub2/custom.cfg in Section 12.2.3, “Scripts in /etc/grub.d” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102514).

Removed references to pure-ftpd from Chapter 33, Setting Up an FTP Server with YaST (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101631).

Removed documentation about compiling 32-bit applications on a 64-bit system in Chapter 14, 32-Bit and 64-Bit Applications in a 64-Bit System Environment. This is not supported with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092434).

Added the -alwaysshared option for persistent VNC connection in Procedure 8.2, “Starting a Persistent VNC Session using vncserver” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081409).

Added a tip to Section 30.2.2, “Map Files” that autofs map-files must not be executable (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081377).

POWER is supported for kGraft live patching, see Chapter 22, Live Patching the Linux Kernel Using kGraft. (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074844).

List video modes in grub with videoinfo, vbeinfo is outdated. See Section 12.2.2, “The File /etc/default/grub” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074026).

Replaced grub2-reboot with grub2-once to set the default boot entry for the next boot only, see Section 12.2.2, “The File /etc/default/grub” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071210).

kGraft patches are available for CVSS 7+ vulnerabilities, see Section 22.9, “Scope of SLE Live Patching” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068181).

Added ~/.alias in Section 1.1.1, “Knowing the Bash Configuration Files” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062209).

Fixed a variable name in Section 21.6.2, “Using Substitutions in udev Rules” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1061131).

Added tip on importing volume groups in Section 41.6.2.3, “Accessing the Installed System” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051369).

Completely rewrote Chapter 10, Introduction to the boot process and added IBM IBM Z-specific information (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046514).

Replaced VGA mode in Figure 12.5, “Kernel Parameters” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017753).

Aligned sections and provided more details in Section 12.3.1, “Boot Loader Location and Boot Code Options” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017737).

Described boot disk order in Section 12.3.2, “Adjusting the Disk Order” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017731).

Removed a note referencing YaST for *DEFAULT options in Section 12.2.2, “The File /etc/default/grub” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017728).

Updated and simplified Section 12.2.3, “Scripts in /etc/grub.d” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017726).

Várias correções e adições pequenas feitas na documentação, com base em feedback técnico.

Foram removidas todas as referências ao pacote faillog, que não está mais incluído (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710788).

Added a new chapter about the YaST GUI and mentioned advanced key combinations (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010039).

Added Section 5.2, “Advanced Key Combinations” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010039).

Added Section 6.1.6.2, “Refreshing Repositories” (Fate #319486).

Updated Section 6.1.4.1, “Installing All Needed Patches” (Fate #320653).

Added Section 6.1.7.3, “zypper info Usage” (Fate #321104).

Mentioned that snapper rollback snapshots are automatically deleted. See Section 7.3, “System Rollback by Booting from Snapshots” and Section 7.3.1, “Snapshots after Rollback” (Fate #321773).

In Section 7.5, “Creating and Modifying Snapper Configurations”, added in-depth information on how the minimum root file system size for enabling snapshots is calculated (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036175).

Mentioned Btrfs default subvolume and its restrictions (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045884).

Fixed information about encrypted communication and added Section 8.5, “Encrypted VNC Communication” on how to set it up (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029117).

Completely revised former File Synchronization chapter and focused on Rsync.

Added the System V init command chkconfig to the comparison table in Section 13.2.2.1, “Enabling/Disabling Services on the Command Line” (Doc Comment #30251).

Fixed several doc comments in Section 16.8, “Setting Up Team Devices for Network Teaming”.

Fixed udevadm commands.

Removed duplicate content from Section 23.1.4, “Log Files: Package logrotate”.

Reordered included chapters so that they follow the boot process order.

Explained the YaST Squid module.

Replaced the command to start Apache2, httpd2, with apache2ctl (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1042437).

In Section 16.2.5, “For More Information”, corrected a typo in a referenced RFC document (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045881).

In Section 41.6, “Data Problems”, removed a reference to a YaST module that is no longer shipped (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052675).

O endereço de e-mail para feedback sobre a documentação foi alterado para doc-team@suse.com.

A documentação do Docker Open Source Engine foi aprimorada e renomeada para Guia do Docker.

Mentioned in Section 3.3, “Automatic Online Update” that the automatic online update does not automatically restart the system afterward (Doc Comment #30116).

zypper patch no longer installs optional patches by default. To install optional patches, use the --with-optional parameter (FATE#320447).

Added /var/cache and /var/lib/libvirt/images to Section 7.1.2, “Directories That Are Excluded from Snapshots” (Fate #320834).

Added Section 7.7, “Automatic Snapshot Clean-Up”, which also includes documentation on Snapper's new quota support (Fate #312751).

Added Can a snapshot be protected from deletion? (Fate #318799).

Advised users to repair file system in case root file system fails on boot time (FATE#320443).

Added a hint on grub-once support of /boot/grub2/custom.cfg to Section 12.2, “Configuration File Structure” (Fate #319632).

Added Section 7.3.2, “Accessing and Identifying Snapshot Boot Entries” (Fate #317972 and #318101).

Added information about trusted boot support to Section 12.3.1, “Boot Loader Location and Boot Code Options” (Fate #316553).

Added section about Network Teaming (FATE#320468), see Section 16.8, “Setting Up Team Devices for Network Teaming”.

Mentioned TUNNEL_DEVICE for Wicked (FATE#317977, Section 16.5.1.5, “Using Tunnels with Wicked”).

Added information on the Synchronize without Daemon start-up option. Chroot jail is no longer the default (FATE #320392).

Added a note about enabling NFSv2 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919708).

Updated chapter for Squid 3.5 (FATE#319674).

Added section about log files created during installation (FATE#320015).

Wrong service names for NFS with Kerberos (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983230).

Live patches are released based on the SUSE CVSS score (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=992101).

SMT Guide agora faz parte da documentação do SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Os complementos fornecidos pelo SUSE foram renomeados para módulos e extensões. Os manuais foram atualizados para refletir essa mudança.

Várias correções e adições pequenas feitas na documentação, com base em feedback técnico.

O serviço de registro foi mudado de Novell Customer Center para SUSE Customer Center.

No YaST, você acessa as Configurações de Rede por meio do grupo Sistema. A opção Dispositivos de Rede não existe mais (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867809).

Added information about the new --sync switch for snapper delete to Section 7.6.4, “Deleting Snapshots” (Fate #317066).

Added Section 7.3.2, “Accessing and Identifying Snapshot Boot Entries” (Fate #317972 and Fate #318101).

Added a tip to Section 7.3, “System Rollback by Booting from Snapshots” on how to do a rollback to the initial installation state or the state before a system update (Fate #317973 and Fate #317900).

Added Section 7.1.3.3, “Creating and Mounting New Subvolumes” (Fate #318805, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910602).

Turned a note into a section, added information about VNC using secured protocol by default (Fate #318936), and removed tightvnc as it is fully replaced by tigervnc. All in Section 8.3.1, “Available Configurations”.

Added Section 6.1.5, “Identifying Processes and Services Using Deleted Files” (Fate #318827).

Added more examples of zypper list-patches --cve in Section 6.1.4.1, “Installing All Needed Patches” (Fate #319053).

Added Section 6.1.3.6, “Installing Packages from Disabled Repositories” and a tip on removing all debuginfopackages in Section 6.1.3, “Installing and Removing Software with Zypper” (Fate #316287).

Added a sentence on announcing the need for the system reboot after specific patch is applied. (Fate #317872).

Added section Section 15.6, “Using YaST to Filter the systemd Journal” (Fate #318486).

Updated/simplified the whole chapter to match the latest GRUB version, both command line and YaST version.

Added Section 11.1.4, “Using Non-Inbox Drivers” (Fate #317593).

Nanny is now on by default in Section 16.5.1.3, “Nanny” (Fate #318977).

Added Section 16.6, “Basic Router Setup” (Fate #317121, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870132).

Added Section 16.9, “Software-Defined Networking with Open vSwitch” (Fate #318497).

Added Section 26.3.2.9.1, “Adding Reverse Zones” (Doc Comment #1356).

Added tip saying that --bind mount is no longer necessary for NFSv4 mounts in Section 28.3.2, “Exporting File Systems Manually” (Fate #316311).

Mentioned cloud computing for file synchronization.

Replaced CA.sh with the explicit openssl command in Section 32.6.1.3, “Getting an Officially Signed Certificate” (Doc Comment #28367).

Added Section 32.7, “Running Multiple Apache Instances on the Same Server” (Fate #317786).

Updated the chapter to match the latest Apache version 2.4 (Fate #319012).

Improved GRUB 2 re-installation procedure in Section 41.6.2.4, “Modifying and Re-installing the Boot Loader”.

Added Chapter 22, Live Patching the Linux Kernel Using kGraft (Fate #313296 and Fate #313438).

Removed obsolete acpid.service (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918655).

Fixed wrong title in Chapter 22, Live Patching the Linux Kernel Using kGraft (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954250).

Fixed wrong path name in Chapter 32, The Apache HTTP Server (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949395).

Added a paragraph on secure boot enabled by default in Section 11.1.1, “Implementation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879486).

Removed documentation about VNC view-only passwords in Section 8.4, “Persistent VNC Sessions” because they are not available in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=941307).

Fixed procedure to access the installed system in a rescue mode in Section 41.6.2.3, “Accessing the Installed System” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918217).

Added a new tip on updating the initramfs file after changing the default sysctl configuration in Section 10.2.2.1, “The initramfs file” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927506).

Added a tip on preventing wicked from deactivating the network device on NFS roots in Section 28.4.1, “Importing File Systems with YaST” and Section 16.4.1.2.5, “Activating the Network Device” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=938152).

Fixed misleading statement about kernel-FLAVOR-extra in Section 40.6, “Support of Kernel Modules” (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=922976).

Btrfs/Snapper: Snapshots with new Subvolumes will not be Deleted ( https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910602).

Btrfs Documentation on Separate Subvolume on /var/lib and Supportability ( https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930424).

Toda a documentação e as referências do KDE foram removidas porque ele não é mais fornecido.

Foram removidas todas as referências ao SuSEconfig, que não é mais suportado (Fate#100011).

Migrar do init do System V para o systemd (Fate#310421). A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

O YaST Runlevel Editor mudou para Services Manager (Fate#312568). A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

Foram removidas todas as referências ao suporte do ISDN, já que esse suporte foi removido (Fate#314594).

Foram removidas todas as referências ao módulo DSL do YaST, pois ele não é mais fornecido (Fate#316264).

Foram removidas todas as referências ao módulo Modem do YaST, pois ele não é mais fornecido (Fate#316264).

Btrfs tornou-se o sistema de arquivos padrão para a partição raiz (Fate#315901). A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

O dmesg agora inclui marcações de horário legíveis em formato igual a ctime() (Fate#316056). A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

syslog e syslog-ng foram substituídos por rsyslog (Fate#316175). A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

O MariaDB agora é fornecido como o banco de dados relacional, em vez do MySQL (Fate#313595). A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

Os produtos relacionados ao SUSE não estão mais disponíveis em http://download.novell.com, mas em http://download.suse.com. Links corrigidos de acordo.

O Novell Customer Center foi substituído pelo SUSE Customer Center. A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

/var/run é montado como tmpfs (Fate #303793). A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

As seguintes arquiteturas não são mais suportadas: IA64 e x86. A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

O método tradicional de configuração de rede com ifconfig foi substituído pelo wicked. A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

Vários comandos de rede foram descontinuados e substituídos por comandos mais novos (ip, na maioria dos casos). A atualização afetou partes da documentação.

Várias correções e adições pequenas feitas na documentação, com base em feedback técnico.

YaST provides an option to enable or disable the use of delta RPMs (Fate #314867).

Before installing patches that require a reboot, you are notified by YaST and can choose how to proceed.

Added the section Section 40.1, “Displaying Current System Information” (Fate #315869).

Added a section about the Supportconfig Analysis (SCA) tool and appliance: Section 40.4, “Analyzing System Information” (Fate #315699).

Added the section Section 40.6, “Support of Kernel Modules” (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869159).

Updated and restructured the chapter.

Added information on how to filter and select packages in the software installation module.

Removed documentation about Zypper's rug compatibility mode (Fate #317708).

Rewrote Section 6.1.7, “Querying Repositories and Packages with Zypper”.

Updated the chapter and added new features (Fate #312751, Fate #316238, Fate #316233, Fate #316232, Fate #316222, Fate #316203, Fate #316222).

Added the section Section 7.3, “System Rollback by Booting from Snapshots” (Fate #316231, Fate #316221, Fate #316541, Fate #316522).

The default VNC viewer is now tigervnc.

Added corrections on window manager start-up in persistent VNC sessions.

Significantly shortened the chapter, because System V init has been replaced by systemd. systemd is now described in a separate chapter: Chapter 13, The systemd Daemon.

Added a new chapter on systemd and the YaST Services Manager (Fate #316631, Fate #312568).

New section on loading kernel modules (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892349).

Replaced the GRUB Legacy documentation with a new chapter on GRUB 2.

Support for LILO has been dropped.

Added new section Section 12.4, “Differences in Terminal Usage on IBM Z”.

Updated the chapter and added new features (Fate #314510, Fate #316365).

Added instructions on where to find the SUSE Key certificate (Doc Comment #25080).

Updated the chapter to reflect dynamic configuration during each start-up.

Updated Section 18.1, “Installing and Configuring Fonts”.

NetworkManager is now part of the Workstation Extension: Section 16.4.1.1, “Configuring Global Networking Options” (Fate #316888).

Added section about new wicked framework for network configuration: Section 16.5, “Configuring a Network Connection Manually” (Fate #316649).

Mentioned additional options that can be added to /etc/resolv.conf: Section 16.5.2, “Configuration Files” (Fate #316048).

Re-wrote chapter to provide significantly more information on the slptool command.

The YaST DNS module now supports configuring forwarders (Fate #309036).

Removed dhcpcd as it is no longer shipped (Fate #316111).

Added section Section 29.8, “Advanced Topics”.

Added section Section 29.8.1, “Transparent File Compression on Btrfs”.

Added section Section 29.8.2, “Snapshots”.

Configuring NFSv4 shares is now mostly similar to NFSv3, especially the previously required bind mount setting is now deprecated (Fate #315589).

Mounting NFS volumes locally on the exporting server is not supported.

Added a chapter on autofs (Fate #316185).

Removed references to mono and mod_mono as it was removed from the distribution.

Updated the chapter to Apache version 2.4 (Fate #316067).

Removed deprecated directive NameVirtualHost and updated Section 32.2.2.1, “Virtual Host Configuration” accordingly.

Updated Order, Allow, and Deny directives with standard Require.

Removed virtual "Snake Oil" company from Section 32.6, “Setting Up a Secure Web Server with SSL”.

pure-ftpd was dropped (Fate #315176, Fate #316308).

Removed obsolete references to the pm-utils package.

Added new section Section 41.3.3, “Root Btrfs Partition Cannot Be Mounted” (Fate #308679, Fate #315126).

Removed section about deprecated YaST Repair module (Fate #308679).

Removed chapter about Wi-Fi configuration with YaST as Wi-Fi configuration can be done with NetworkManager: Chapter 37, Using NetworkManager.

Removed deprecated chapter about tablet PCs.

Added the section Section 40.6, “Support of Kernel Modules” (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869159).

Added a new chapter Chapter 15, journalctl: Query the systemd Journal (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=878352).